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Jim Sullivan
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Jim Sullivan was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943. As a young adult, he found the artistic surroundings of Southern California, and particularly Laguna Beach, more to his liking.
At the age of 25, he had an impulse to create a fountain of copper on driftwood. After his first effort, he pursued other endeavors for some years before meeting a couple at the Disneyland Hotel who were metal sculptors. He "ghosted" for them for several years, creating all of their fountains while absorbing their artistic and technical skills... "the best art education I could have gotten anywhere."
Jim then founded the metal crafting studio know as "Living Metal," where he and his wife, Sandra, create fountains, wind sculptures, floral murals, mobiles, and other artistic metal pieces. After years in California, the couple now makes their home in Arizona.
The artist has spent countless hours studying leaves and flowers, then re-creating them in copper, red and yellow brass, bronze, silver, iron, lead, and stainless steel. His wind sculpture designs are balanced for weight and wind acceptance for maximum rotation. Combining his fine eye for nature in leaves, flowers, and birds with a little Irish whimsy such as bird's nests, kites, and hot air balloons, Jim's latest "Living Metal" creations stress detail and movement.
Jim Sullivan
Living Metal
2006
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