Jordan Kendall Parks

My work is about belonging; how we interact with land, water and each other.
I’m interested in how place shapes us, and how we shape place.

Studio portraits by Mark Yaggie

Illuminated Kelp Forest, 2025

Installation view, Illuminated Kelp Forest, 2025, Waterfall Arts

All Good Things, 2024

Forest Magic, 2024

Oysters on Display at the Oyster Shop, Portland, ME

Jordan relies on printing by hand and without a press to have a more intimate relationship with the blocks. Every print remains unique in its imperfect impressions.

Fungus Amongus, 2022, Created on site during Visiting Artist program at the Allagash Wilderness Waterway

Fungus Amongus, 2023 (Copy) — Fungus Amongus, 2023

Rare Fish, 2020 (Copy) — Rare Fish, 2020

Woodcut

Inking (Copy) — Inking

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Field of Flowers, 2020 (Copy) — Field of Flowers, 2020

Linoleum Print

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Copy) — Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Woodcut Diptych

Install View, Surface First Tilts West, Woodblock in Protective Vessel

Take Back What Once Belonged to You, 2015 (Copy) — Take Back What Once Belonged to You, 2015

Woodcut with Monoprint

Variation 2, with monoprint (Copy) — Variation 2, with monoprint

Process Shot, Oysters (Copy) — Process Shot, Oysters

Photo credit: Lauryn Sophia

Drying Rack (Copy) — Drying Rack

Photo Credit: Lauryn Sophia

Sometime, melancholy leaves me breathless… (Copy) — Sometime, melancholy leaves me breathless…

Woodcut from carved paddle, for Trekkers Art Auction

Resilience, 2014 (Copy) — Resilience, 2014

Reduction Woodcut

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I'll Let You Know, 2016 (Copy) — I'll Let You Know, 2016

Monoprint Woodcut Reduction, from chainsaw carved cube

I'll Let You Know, 2016 (Copy) — I'll Let You Know, 2016

Monoprint Woodcut Reduction, from chainsaw carved cube

Carving block for "I'll let you know" (Copy) — Carving block for "I'll let you know"