Michael Miller Fine Art

 My work is a never ending quest to find the beauty and truth that lies in the simplicity of rural America. Growing up, my parents took me to many Civil War battlefields. Even at a young age, the barns and wide open well manicured fields made a huge impression on me. They seemed to be frozen in time and there was something sacred woven into those places. I started painting landscapes because I didn’t know how to express my love for them in any other form. It is my hope that my work freezes a way of life that is passing, beckoning all viewers to reflect on some distant memory.

 I approach each painting differently, in the past I relied mostly on memory when building a composition. Today I’m focused more on the specific details and locations, trying to understand why I’m drawn to them and how they move me. Sometimes I’ll use reference photos or do a rudimentary plein air sketch of a location before taking it back to the studio and building from it. I like to think of my work as representational while borrowing techniques from tonalist and impressionist painters. 

  I work primarily in oils and paint on linen and canvas surfaces. I strive to create a quality product by using some of the finest art supplies and pigments. I am self taught as an artist, though there have been plenty of artists who have passed down sage advice, as well as inspired me. I live and work in NE Ohio

Awards

Best of Show, Lakewood Arts Festival 2014
Best of Show, Willoughby Arts Festival 2014
First Place in Painting, Medina Art Show 2015
Best in Show, Medina Art Show 2015
Third Place, Hudson Art on the Green 2015
Best of Show, Upper Arlington 2015
Best of Show, Chagrin Falls 2015
Honorable Mention, Boston Mills 2016
Outstanding Artistry, Pittsburgh A Fair in th Park 2016
Third Place, Chagrin Falls 2016
Best of Painting, Krasl Arts Festival 2017
Diamond Award, East Lansing Arts Festival 2017
First Place, Chagrin Falls 2017
Second Place, Hudson Art on the Green 2017
Second Place, Toledo Botanical Garden 2017
First Place, Medina Art Show 2017
Best of Show, Chagrin Falls 2018
Best of Show, Willoughby Art Festival 2018
People’s Choice Award, East Lansing Art Festival 2018
First Place, Medina Art Show 2018
Best of Show, Medina Art Show 2019
First Place, Chagrin Falls 2019
Best of Show, Hudson Art on the Green 2019

Publications

2020 - Southwest Art Magazine Dec. Issue
2022 - Shoutout Arizona Online publication May Issue

Galleries
Abend Gallery
Nemacolin
Arcadia Contemporary