San Pedro

The San Pedro cactus has been used ceremonially in the Andes for over 3,000 years. For Jordan, it represents “a bridge between the physical and the spiritual; a profound heart-opener facilitating reconnection with ourselves, nature and one another.” In this painting, the cactus rises from darkness—its flowers glowing like small suns, suspended in the void. Against the black ground, each petal and spine appears almost self-illuminated, as if the plant generates its own light. Jordan’s rendering transforms the cactus into a vertical axis, a column of ascension. Its spines catch the light like tiny antennae, transmitting unseen frequencies. The patterns woven into its form are intended to evoke the psychoactive essence of the plant and the visionary states it can open. Here, form becomes vibration. Through the stillness of San Pedro, Jordan offers a vision of communion: matter charged with spirit, the natural world revealed as conscious and awake.