{"title":"Jay Euphoria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/jay-euphoria\/jay-euphoria-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Euphoria (Brandon Jordan) is a Los Angeles–based mixed media crystal artist originally from Stockton, California. His practice combines painting and sculpture through natural crystals, minerals, resin, and textured surfaces. Exploring transformation, spirituality, and human connection, he creates dimensional works that shift with light and invite close observation.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eHis materials include quartz, selenite, pyrite, volcanic sand, and metallic elements, chosen for their visual qualities and symbolic associations. Through processes of deconstruction and reconstruction, he brings contrasting textures into compositions that reflect resilience and renewal.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eHis work has been featured in Art Talk Magazine and FruitSlice Magazine. He also leads crystal immersive painting workshops in the Los Angeles area, inviting participants to explore creativity through color, texture, and personal expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy work explores how we rebuild ourselves through change. I combine crystals, minerals, resin, and paint to give physical form to experiences that can be difficult to put into words: grief, hope, connection, and renewal.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eDeconstruction and reconstruction guide my process. I build textured surfaces, arrange mineral formations, and bring fragmented materials into a shared composition. Rough stone meets reflective resin; dark passages open into areas of light. These relationships echo the tension between vulnerability and strength that runs through our lives.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI am drawn to crystals for their natural structures, their response to light, and the spiritual meanings people attach to them. Their presence allows each piece to move between landscape, sculpture, and an imagined inner world.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI want viewers to spend time with the work—to notice how its appearance changes as they move, discover details beneath the surface, and find their own emotional associations. Through these encounters, I explore transformation as an ongoing process, shaped by everything we carry forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/fr\/collections\/jay-euphoria.oembed","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}