More About John Jagger

Born in Chicago, John Jagger has been a full time professional sculptor for over 45 years. His monuments grace many cities throughout the U.S. and abroad, and his edition designs number in the hundreds, with edition numbers in the thousands in the hands of his collectors. His awards, prizes and patents are formidable.

With a batchelor's in Interior Design, and a master's in Creative Design, he attained Senior Industrial Designer status with IBM in the 50s. His commisioners read like the Dow Jones List of Blue Chip stocks. He has worked with churches, casinos, architects, important corporations, banks, newspapers, municipalities, galleries and private collectors.

A 'driven' man, he designed and built 4 homes for himself, though he lived in his studio a number of times, where he worked until exhausted, fell onto a cot, rose and continued working, 24/7. He has been champion in boxing, wrestling, and judo. He played piano in bars and played tennis for money, as he worked his way through college. He has lived on the Ocean in Cambria, CA, and on top of a mountain in Atascadero, CA., for years.

"It was Providence that brought Warren Frankel and I together. With his dream of surrounding himself with fine art, and me wondering what my 'Swan Song' would be, our association was perfect, and certainly no coincidence."

John Jagger
Sculptor

“Golden Morning” Stretch Cat is 14 feet high and weighs 17,000 pounds. This magnificant entry sculpture is adorned with with bronze whiskers and bronze claws.

“Yahoo!” is a 15 foot high, hand welded bucking horse and weighs over 2000 pounds. This piece was constructed by Jagger with one drop of bronze at a time over a bronze framework.

“Tarpon” Fish is 11 feet long, with no symmetry from one side to the other. Jagger has been a diver since he was 24, with a great love for undersea creatures, actual or imaginary.

“Puma” is a 15 foot long sculpture which is carved from solid granite - the largest art piece of this type of granite in the world. Seven blocks were cut from the mountain for this piece, and six were fissured. Only lucky number Seven came out intact. This CAT weighs 20,000 pounds and the base is part of the same block of stone.

“Mammoth” is made with the same granite as the “Golden Morning” cat out front. She weighs 16,000 pounds and is 7 ft. high at the spine line. I have broken up the surface of this animal to express the power and movement I work to expose in all of my animals. The tusks are White Pearl granite and the Tusk Tips and random toenails are fashioned in bronze.

“Golden Hooves” is derived from Jagger’s Dancing Horse Series of 12 cross-hatched bronze rod weldments. This piece is 16 feet high and is the largest horse Jagger has done in this style.

“The Eternal Flame”is 10 feet high and mounted on a 6 ft. pedestal. Cross-hatched and semi-abstract, this rendition promotes the thought of God’s eternal and unceasing Love for us.

“Mermaid” is a two-legged Mermaid cast bronze, standing on her fins, with 2 x 4 foot Angel fish circling her. She is 10.5 ft. high and weighs about 700 lbs.