Jim Harman is the 3-Dimensional Artist Spotlight winning artist for the month of July 2019. He is an Oregon based lapidary artist. For 30 years he worked in the jewelry trade. After transitioning to creating abstract bronze sculpture, Jim’s current focus is creating bronze bowls and vases to showcase his stones.

Jim’s Art Exhibition will be featured on the website for the month of July 2019. The gallery will promote Jim and his work on the Fusion Art website, individual online press releases to hundreds of outlets, email blasts to over 3,500 collectors, galleries, buyers and art professionals, in online event calendars, art news websites and through the gallery’s extensive social media outlets. Fusion Art’s objective is to promote the Artist Spotlight winning artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers.

Please read Jim’s biography and artist statement below as he describes his history and process in his own words. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see his exhibition.

If you are interested in purchasing any of these award-winning pieces, or to see more of Jim’s work, please visit his website.

Also, please visit Fusion Art’s YouTube Channel to see Jim’s Solo Art Exhibition Video.

Thank you to all the artists who participated in the Artist Spotlight competition and congratulations to Jim and the other Artist Spotlight winning artists.

Jim Harman‘s Biography

Jim grew up in southern California. He graduated from Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California in 1967 with a BA degree in fine art. In the early 80’s, Jim took a number of classes at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco. For 30 years, Jim worked in the jewelry trade. Part of the process of creating custom jewelry included carving wax models to be cast by the lost wax casting process. The creation of wax models for jewelry and bronze sculpture are much the same. For Jim, the transition was seem less. As a lapidary artist, Jim’s bronze pieces showcase his stones.

Jim Harman’s Artist Statement

My current focus is on bronze vases. Most often a vase has one hole and is the same on all sides. Expanding on that concept, I am making vases that have two sides. Each side is different. Some of my vases have multiple holes. Typically my vases are about two inches thick, front to back. If you tire of looking at one side, you can turn it around. Two different looks in one vase.

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