[1] Gordon continued his studies under George Trobridge at Belfast School of Design from 1897 to 1900,[2] where he was a contemporary of Paul Henry, Seamus Stoupe, and the Morrow brothers, Norman and Edwin.
[2][10] In 1903 Gordon showed damask designs at the Ulster Arts Club's inaugural exhibition with George Trobridge, F W Hull, John Lavery, and five of the Morrow brothers amongst many others.
[3] In 1927 his work was included in a loan exhibition of Irish Portraits by Ulster Artists which was held at the Belfast Free Library on Royal Avenue.
[14] The Gallery at 7 St Stephen's Green in Dublin was the venue for a joint exhibition of landscapes of the Glens of Antrim with fellow Ulsterman John Hunter in 1932.
[15] The Haverty Trust commissioned Gordon and Hunter to create a Bronze Age mural in the Natural History section of the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery which was unveiled by Thomas Bodkin in June 1934.
[17] A Gordon watercolour Downpatrick was amongst the work of many artists, writers and musicians included in the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals centennial publication The Tree in 1936.
[19] Gordon's work included in excess of thirty watercolours and fifteen oils of which John Hewitt commented "The paintings, seldom as good as one expected from the intelligence and experience of the man...".
[21] Following his discharge from a lengthy stay at Belfast's City Hospital,[22] the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts hosted a solo exhibition of Gordon's work at their Donegall Place gallery in 1952.
The exhibition comprised forty works equally split between oils and water colours of landscapes and still life, and was Gordon's first show in a number of years.
[1] The Ulster Museum presented a small retrospective of Gordon's work in 1972 consisting of watercolours provided by his daughter, and a variety of lithographic portraits completed in the 1920s.