We were lucky to catch up with Jordan EuDaly recently and have shared our conversation below.

Jordan , appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

I have enjoyed working with my hands for as long as I can remember. I also have very early memories as a child playing on the computer, we are talking the good ole program ‘paint’ right up there with hearts and solitaire. So it makes sense to me now I am currently learning how to turn my fine art into surface design work. I’m thrilled to find this marriage between working with my hands and working digitally to turn my designs and art into fabric, packaging, and hopefully one day home goods, apparels, wallpaper etc.

I come from a family of makers. One of my grandmothers was a ceramist and cooked for her church, another grandmother was an avid gardener and sews beautifully. My Uncle works with leather to upholster cars and boats. My Mother is an oil painter. I didn’t have to look very hard in my early days of life to find creative inspiration. I feel like making art is in my bloodline and it is a passion I hope to pass on to my children too.

I recently became a mother, and with parenting there are simply limitations put in place. Some for better, and I think some for worse, ha! I hold some regret that I didn’t dive into the surface pattern world sooner, it has taken me a long time to learn the world of adobe and I do wish I would have taken some classes before I had kids on how to use photoshop and illustrator, because I am learning them now and it feels like completely learning a new language.

To be very frank, I really didn’t even know surface design was even a career option. I found Bonnie Christine online and signed up for her course called ‘Immersion’ earlier this year, and now I feel completely equipped to dive into this industry and simply learn one step at a time. I believe true leaders are those rare jewels who open doors that allow thousands of others to walk through, and Bonnie is certainly a generous and thoughtful leader that has invited myself and many others to sit at this table we wish to dine at.

Jordan , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Jordan Haley EuDaly (You – Daily) but on instagram I’m known as Jordan Haley Art. I am a painter who is diving fully into the world of surface design. I’ve been painting seriously and selling my original artwork and calling myself an ‘artist’ for about six years now. I have been selling fine art framed by my husband at art shows and online for a few years now, but I am making a pivot in my business.. I’m excited to be launching my new website soon where I’ll be selling limited edition prints. I will continue to offer original paintings as well. I am currently a bit head down building out a surface design portfolio is order to begin licensing my artwork in 2023.

I just think 10 year old me, would be really proud to see where 32 year old Jordan is. Meaning, I’ve always found joy in mark making and making spaces more beautiful than they are. I care immensely about beauty and I care about the way spaces feel. So to be a professional that sells fine art and is trying to bring artful designs to the marketplace feels exciting to me. I am an enneagram 7 and have some undiagnosed ADHD tendencies. All to say, I pursue what feels good and I seek out the fun in life..thus a career in the art world where I can set my own schedule and build in lots of variety has been a helpful discovery for my own personal sanity. I was fired or quit many of my day jobs in my 20’s and I just had to go on the hard journey of what did (and didn’t!) works for me.

I’m most proud of my defined signature style. My artwork is something that is truly from my own core being. It is a celebration of joy, life, this human experience, nature, a celebration of Creation. I don’t seek out inspiration from Pinterest, I listen to the creative in my own heart and simply show up to make marks. You can scroll all the way back to my beginning instagram posts and see what I am talking about. I’m proud of the way my style has evolved organically and my work has gotten more sophisticated and refined. I feel that my collectors, clients, followers and friends can see this growth and often times name this, and it feels good to hear it. One good friend told me my work feels ‘timeless’ to her, and I loved hearing that because I don’t desire to be trendy.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I am somewhat fascinated by this concept and idea of ‘finding creativity within limitations’. I heard this concept at an artist residency I was on with artists from around the world several years ago and it just stuck with me.

For example — My whole life right now feels like a bit of an experiment as my husband and I sold our home earlier this year and completely uprooted to a new state and settled in a tourist town, Eureka Springs AR where we bought some land and are currently erecting a metal building that will be his woodshed (he makes wooden toys!) and my art studio. We also may live in this building this winter, because we are currently living in a trailer, with our two toddlers, yep!

Sooo.. that being said, when we moved I honestly wasn’t sure what my work rhythm would look like. Heck I didn’t know anything about my creative path, but one day when my daughter and I were driving home we looked across the street from our undeveloped property and saw a one story white building with windows ‘for rent’. I immediately parked the car, jumped out, called my husband and proceeded to explain just how perfect of a space I had just found, because I could peek my head in the window, peer in and see this amazing spacious area that felt like an answered prayer.

We called the landlord and put down a deposit ASAP and she couldn’t even believe we saw the tiny ‘for rent’ sign on the door. I think I have just learned that if and when you want something bad enough — the universe, God, fairies of the world have a way of providing, but we have to do the work of receiving and stewarding those blessings. This white building I’m talking about has been a complete game changer for our lives. It is where I’ve gotten to work from, my husband uses it for his office space too, we’ve stored purchased supplies in it while we develop the land across the street, my kids can run around and play here, etc. A gift, a huge gift!

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I just feel like a had a round about way of arriving at a career I finally feel passionate about and am excited to build upon..

For example, my first major in college was Speech Pathology and I quickly realized the science courses were a bit more than what my brain could handle so I switched to Nonprofit because I liked the idea of helping people. I got totally burned out of working in the nonprofit sector and I’ve learned that I can simply infuse my own personal values in my art business.

I do believe our experiences serve us in ways we cannot even comprehend sometimes, even if the path feels long and slow.

I’ve had the opportunity to arrive at some personal self acceptance learning lessons — that bringing beauty into this world and building a sustainable business may just in fact be my purpose here on this earth. I’m learning that ‘changing the world’ may be a simple as showing my two daughters that they can pour their hearts in their daily tasks and get paid to do what they love too.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.jordanhaleyart.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanhaleyart/

Image Credits
All photographs by Cassidy Brockett of Wild Rose Photography