Jordan Craig | The Blue Profound
June 25–July 4
Reception: June 25, 5–7 pm
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Wall Space Gallery is pleased to present The Blue Profound, a solo exhibition by Ottawa oil painter Jordan Craig. Inspired by the shifting drama of weather systems, Craig’s latest body of work explores the atmosphere as a source of wonder, imagination, and emotional experience. Drawing from real meteorological events, his paintings move beyond documentation to capture the feeling of encountering weather as it unfolds.
In an age defined by forecasts, alerts, and constant streams of information, weather is often understood through data and prediction. Craig approaches it differently. His paintings reintroduce a sense of mystery to storms, clouds, and changing conditions, treating them not as measurable phenomena but as dynamic presences that evolve across vast currents of air. Rather than depicting what a storm looks like, he seeks to evoke the experience of weather itself, from the anticipation of an approaching front to the energy and tension carried in the air.
Monumental cloud formations dominate the exhibition, unfolding across expansive compositions that emphasize both scale and impermanence. These works reflect Craig’s fascination with weather as a continuous, global spectacle: an ever-changing drama that remains beyond complete understanding despite our efforts to predict it.
The exhibition takes its title from Mark Akenside’s eighteenth-century poem The Pleasures of Imagination, which celebrates the human capacity for wonder in the face of the natural world. Several paintings draw their titles directly from lines in the poem, extending its themes throughout the exhibition. Across The Blue Profound, the experience of weather shifts from information to sensation, opening onto an encounter with the sublime that continues to unfold above us.
Curator
Haruka Toyoda
Featured Artwork:
Pursues The Flying Storm, Oil on canvas
Through Fields of Air, Oil on canvas