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Dress Makers

Image of a Painting by Steve Miller titled, "Dress Makers".
9″x12″, acrylic on wood panel with 1.5″ profile, completed 10/10/18, © Steve Miller 2018

Boredom leads to creativity. This small painting of my girls was made from a photo I took of them toward the end of summer 2018, after complaining about being bored.

I’ve posted some of the progress shots on my Instagram and Facebook page.

Dress Makers portfolio post

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figure landscapes new paintings representational

En Plein Air – Lake Michigan

Image of a Painting by Steve Miller titled, "A Day At Douglas Beach".
A Day at Douglas Beach, 8"x8", acrylic on birch wood panel with 1.5" profile, en plein air 8/7/18, completed 8/13/18, © Steve Miller 2018
Image of a Painting by Steve Miller titled, "A Day At Douglas Beach".
8″x8″, acrylic on birch wood panel with 1.5″ profile, en plein air 8/7/18, completed 8/13/18, © Steve Miller 2018 I worked on this painting while visiting a beach in Douglas, Michigan with friends and family.

Last week, I made a painting while visiting Douglas Beach on Lake Michigan with my family and friends.

I had a blast working en plein air, under shade, while everyone else played in the sand and water.

Studying the changing light and reflecting surfaces of the water was mesmerizing, but I had to work quickly laying in compositional and color choices before my acrylics dried or the light changed too drastically.

The finished painting took approximately 2.5 hours on site, and a couple more hours in my studio.

Here is my FB Post about painting  “A Day at Douglas Beach”.

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Visit the portfolio entry for “A Day at Douglas Beach”.

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Finishing a Portrait of Tiff

Studio photo of a painting of Tiff by Steve Miller

Working on this little portrait of my awesomely awesome wife, Tiffany. I’m just about done with it, I’ll get a solid photo soon, but first I want to paint portraits of my beautiful girls too.

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Post Election Painting

This is Painting of an imaginary landscape depicting a sunrise and person digging a hole in the dark.
Eleven Eleven Make A Wish, 40" x 5.5", acrylic on poplar board, completed 11/11/16, © Steve Miller 2016

Eleven Eleven Make A Wish is something people say when they happen to look at a clock and it’s 11:11, and then they both make a wish. I felt two things after the 2016 election, how the hell did this happen, and we’re doomed. So I made this little painting of a person digging a big hole in the dark, at sunset.

It’s humor dude, don’t get all bent outta shape.