Ronald Sullivan

Ronald Sullivan… creator and visionary of the Dance Hill Collection

Ronald, a native of Guyana, with time spent residing in England, and now dividing his time between the USA and Jamaica, started sculpting in 2004. The impetus and motivation for his sculpture work came from his appreciation of the (stone sculpture) art created by the very talented Shona artisans in Zimbabwe. His initial foray into sculpting began with stone, and he later added wood to his work materials.

He has discovered that sculpting is a most fascinating and fulfilling activity. He says “perhaps what intrigues me most about the ‘raw’ materials that I use, is their ‘naturalness’ and abundance. Generally, one does not have to heat, melt, paint, bend or mix ingredients to bring the vision out of the raw material… it is simply ‘there’ to be ‘worked’, although the ‘working’ of it may not be all that simple a task! …even though there is a distinctive warmth and sensuous feel that can only be felt (or more correctly stated ‘experienced’) by the sculptor as the wood or stone is being carved, I believe, by and large, that there is natural warmth and beauty that most viewers experience even without touching the work!”

Ronald’s work has appeared in various exhibits and events in recent years, including:

Spring Student and Member Exhibition, Celebration March to April, 2026 at The Art Center, Johns Creek, Georgia, USA

Summer Serendipity, An Art Exhibit, August to September, 2025 at The Art Center, Johns Creek, Georgia, USA

Sugar Rush Arts Festival, October 2024 to November 2024

Sugar Hill, Georgia, USA

Privi Art Gallery 'The Passion Of Art; Pushing Through The Chaos',

September 2023 to December 2025, Stonecrest Mall, Stonecrest, Georgia, USA

2023- Local Artists Showcase, P Fine Art Gallery, Suwanee, Georgia, USA

2023- Souls Grown Deep, Johns Creek Art Center, Georgia, USA 

2022- August 14, Lexington Woods Clubhouse Art Show, Johns Creek, GA

2022- Black Artists Showcase, City Art Gallery, Sugar Hill, Georgia, USA

2022- We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dream, Johns Creek Art Center, Georgia, USA

2021- Ancestral Call, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Ronald has been invited to participate in several Liguanea Art Festivals (reputed to be the largest of its kind in the Caribbean in Kingston), Jamaica, and looks forward to joining the April 2026 event. He was also honored to have two of his pieces acquired by Bank of Jamaica; one for their permanent art collection, and the other as a gift to the retiring Governor of that organization.

The artist believes that if he can create something that reveals the inner (or at least the less ‘seen’ or ‘less appreciated’) beauty of nature’s ‘raw’ materials, then he has been successful in achieving his goal. Ronald is keen on incorporating such themes as spirituality, family, nurture, completeness and balance in several of his pieces.

His sculptures are marketed under the ‘Dance Hill Collection’ brand. People often wonder why ‘Dance Hill’? Well… Ronald enjoys spending time at a favorite spot in the hills deep in the countryside of St. Mary, Jamaica; he feels so blessed and fulfilled at that place and space that he says the spirit demands a dance of praise!