John Searles

John Searles

I am a metal artist & sculptor with work in more than 2000 collections across the country. My experience includes working with aluminum, copper, bronze, steel and stainless steel. My body of work includes sculptures, metal weavings, metal art tiles, wall sculptures, photography, paintings and websites. I like to write and share – I hope you will enjoy my contributions and share your own experience and knowledge.

John Searles Sculptor – Statement

The metal sculptures of John Searles reflect his enduring interests in mathematical patterns, design, movement, energy and freedom and are an expression of his on-going dialogue with the metals he works with – aluminum, steel, stainless steel, copper and bronze. His background in poetry, painting and photography has heavily influenced his focus on shape and design. At times his artwork appears to depict the fluid movements of a Kung Fu master, or the flight patterns of a bird catching insects in the summer evening air. Other times, the metal represents dancers intertwined.

Searles lives and works in a converted 5600 square foot factory on three acres of land near Lake Michigan. The front third of the building is a light-filled gallery. The back part is a tool- and work table-filled space with two garage doors and a view out over the property to the woods behind. Sculptures populate the lawn in front of the gallery. The grandeur of the water and sky and the serenity of the land infuse his work.

Searles’ studies as a sculptor build on his expertise with tools, his studies in Chemistry, music and languages, and more than 40 years background in the arts. Searles develops his designs by cutting shapes out of metal, then forming and studying them as he proceeds. His purpose is to delight the brain and visual centers as Music for the Eyes, as well as to celebrate the human spirit.
In addition to his sculptures, Searles has built a national reputation with his wall sculptures, metal weavings, metal tiles, abstract paintings and photographs. His works are included in the collections of many hotels, corporations and private homes across the United States.

John Searles Metal Artist – Selected Collections

Jupiter Holdings, Phoenix, AZ, 2011

Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, 2010

City Sculpture Garden, Palos Heights, IL, 2010

Downtown Sculpture Collection, Champaign, IL, 2010

Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 2009 (4)

Hemlock Semiconductor, Midland, MI 2009 (10)

Ritz-Carlton, Nevada, 2009 (49)

Channing Place Condominiums, Eastchester, NY 2009 (13)

Spring Green Fire Station, Spring Green, WI 2009

Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 2008-2009 (3)

Detroit Westin Hotel, Detroit, MI 2008 (9)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2008

50 Biscayne Blvd (condominium lobby), Miami, FL, 2007

City Hall Collection, Springfield, IL, 2007

D.E. Shaw & Co, New York, NYC, 2007

Spur Capital Partners, Bartlesville, OK, 2007

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007

Highmark, Inc., Camp Hill, PA, 2007

REIT Management & Research LLC, Newton, MA, 2007

Kern School Credit Union, Bakersfield, CA, 2007

Babson Capital Management LLC, Springfield, MA, 2007

Lunar Strategies, LLC, Indianapolis, IN, 2007

Northpointe Health & Wellness Center, Roscoe, IL, 2007

Corporate Property Group, Melbourne, FL, 2007

Double Tree Hotel, Greensboro, NC, 2007

Hilton Hotel, Hartford, CT, 2006

Ackerman & Co., Atlanta, GA, 2006

Numerof & Associates, St. Louis, MO, 2006

The Rosenberg Group, Oakland, CA, 2006

Emerson Process Management, Marshalltown, IA, 2006

U.S. Army Officers Club, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT, 2006

Metropolitan Title Agency, Atlanta, GA, 2005

Rikers & Danzig, Morristown, NJ, 2005

Edgar Snyder & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA 2005

Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington DC, 2004 and 2005

Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA 2004

Deloitte & Touche, Milwaukee, WI, 2004

Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington DC, 2004

Rohrer Corporation, Wadsworth, OH

Unico Alloys, Inc., Columbus, OH

Richard E. Jacobs Architects, Westlake, OH

Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation, St. Charles, IL

Pioneer Steel, Detroit, MI

Bluegrass Woodworking, Lexington, KY

City Hall Collection, Prairie Village, KS

LifeSource Counseling Center, Atlanta, GA

K & A Design, Louisville, KY

Diamond Veil Development, Schereville, IN

Western Illinois University Collection, Macomb, IL

Auction Software, Statesville, NC

plus hundreds of other private and corporate collections across the United States, Great Britain and Canada