John Searles is a metal artist & sculptor with work in more than 2000 collections across the country, including hotels, businesses and homes. His experience includes working with aluminum, copper, bronze, steel and stainless steel. His body of work includes sculptures, metal weavings, metal art tiles, wall sculptures, photography, paintings and websites.

The metal wall 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. John Searles‘ 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.

John 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.

John Searles’ expertise as a sculptor build on his skills with tools, his studies in science, music and languages, and more than 40 years background in the arts. John Searles develops his designs by cutting shapes out of metal, then forming and welding 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, John 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.

Searles works in a 5600 square foot old factory building near the Eastern shore of Lake Michigan. The front of the building is a light-filled gallery of his work. Searles finished art school more than 25 years ago and has been intently developing new ideas since. Recent clients include Deloitte & Touche in Milwaukee, the Hilton Hotel in Hartford, CT, the Oriental Mandarin Hotel in Washington DC and numerous corporations and private residences across the country....