The Ormond Beach Arts District, which raised more than $50,000 from local sponsors to

bring the extremely realistic, full-size bronze statues to Ormond Beach last year for six

months, has done it again. This time, they brought 12 sculptures to our quaint town

from Sewell Johnson’s “Art Imitates Life II” collection. 

The sculptures arrived in January 2026 and have been placed in both public and private properties along the Granada Boulevard corridor from A1A to Lewis Street. They will be here for 6 months.

Johnson was born in New Jersey in 1930 and died in 2020. His sculptures have been

displayed in public spaces around the world, and are also included in numerous private

and public collections and museums.

Please make sure to visit all 12 sculptures while they are here. The map can be found

on The Arts District website at ormondarts.com/sculptures. Each sculpture will have signage and a QR code to provide more information about each sculpture and the

sponsor for that particular sculpture.

Docent tours are upcoming during Ormond’s art walk events, held on the first Saturday

of each month.