Category: figure

Hatchback 16

Post author By Steve
Post date March 30, 2022

See “Cool Down” in person at Hatchback 16, a group exhibition juried by artist Taurus Burns for Hatch Art Gallery.

Opening Reception Saturday, April 2 6pm-9pm
Artist Talks Saturdays at 2pm (starting April 9)

Exhibition April 2 – April 23, 2022
Hatch Art Gallery
3456 Evaline
Hamtramck MI 48212

Gallery Hours:
Saturdays, Noon – 6pm
Thursdays, 6pm – 9pm
Fridays, 6pm – 9pm

Tags 2022, Art Opening

figure realism representational

Dress Makers

Post author By Steve
Post date October 25, 2018

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

Tags acrylicpainting, figurepainting, interiorpainting, livingroom, portrait, stevemillerart

figure landscapes new paintings representational

En Plein Air – Lake Michigan

Post author By Steve
Post date August 14, 2018
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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

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”.

Tags acrylic, beachscape, enpleinair, lakemichigan, LANDSCAPE, lookatmypaintings, stevemillerart

all paintings figure new paintings realism

Finishing a Portrait of Tiff

Post author By Steve
Post date July 27, 2017

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

Post author By Steve
Post date December 6, 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.

Tags 2016