Jeff Jordan (born c. 1948)[1] is an American surrealism painter in Eureka, California.
[1] To avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War and sent to Southeast Asia, Jordan joined the American Air Force in 1966 and was stationed in Iceland before returning to the United States and working as a missile guard at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
[2] After years of working as a commercial artist who felt uninspired by his commissions, he teamed up with The Mars Volta for their album Amputechture (2006).
The cover is Jordan's painting Big Mutant, while Dwarf Dancing is on the CD face and LP labels.
[6][1] The band's fifth studio album, Octahedron, features Jordan's artwork on the front[1][7] and back covers as well as throughout the LP packaging.