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“Lost Leaders” is a powerful and haunting figurative oil painting by Canadian artist Jordan Turner. Measuring 44 x 60 inches, this work features a well-dressed couple walking with a baby stroller down a vacant road. Their faces are blank — rendered without identity — and the suburban landscape behind them unfolds in eerie symmetry: rows of identical homes, industrial cranes, and power lines.
Painted in oil on canvas, Lost Leaders invites reflection on conformity, family roles, and the postwar promise of progress. The couple could be anyone — or no one at all. Their facelessness removes them from time and culture, making them stand-ins for societal expectation rather than individuals.
The background evokes postwar Canadian suburbia, with its prefab homes, optimistic planning, and expansionist energy. But Turner’s composition strips the scene of nostalgia. The vast emptiness, the stillness of the figures, and the subtle surrealism of the facelessness point instead to disillusionment — with leadership, with identity, and with a system that promised meaning but delivered sameness.
As a figurative oil painting, Lost Leaders is rich in social commentary and visual restraint. It’s ideal for collectors who seek bold narrative work — and for curators exploring themes of postwar culture, family dynamics, or suburban symbolism in Canadian art.
Title: Lost Leaders
Artist: Jordan Turner
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 44 x 60 inches
Year: 2018
Style: Figurative realism, postwar symbolism
Framed: No (custom framing available upon request)
Signed: Yes
Certificate of Authenticity: Included
Ships professionally from Richmond, BC with full tracking and insurance. Free local pickup is available at Capulet Art & Framing. Due to the large size, special care will be taken to protect the canvas during transit.
| Art Type | Original Artwork |
|---|---|
| Artists | Jordan Turner |
| color | Blue, Neutral / Earth Tones, Pink / Purple |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| For Sale / For Rent | For Sale, For Rent |
| Size | Large (30”-48") |
| style | Realism, Contemporary |
| Theme / Subject | People / Portraits |
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