This small pet portrait was made for two dear friends in memory of their beloved little Pomeranian family member named Zoe.
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Dress Makers
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.
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”.
It’s hot, humid, very bright. Keep moving. Almost to the top. There’s an offshoot with shade. If only these damn horseflies would leave me alone.
This is one narrative I consider when thinking about my latest acrylic landscape painting titled, “Rocky Climb.”
Rocky Climb, like a lot of my paintings, is not based on a real place. It’s a fabricated daydream I explored for fun, through trial and error, and months of pushing paint around.
I enjoy painting imaginary landscapes because it reveals more about me than if I were to paint what’s in front of me. On the surface, Rocky Climb expresses the beauty I find in organic forms, and rugged environments. However, when looking a little deeper, this painting suggests that I have more hill to climb before I feel accomplished or satisfied. Therefore, this painting says a lot about my inability to appreciate where I am at the moment. I guess I should work on that.
To see progress shots and details of my painting process, follow me on instagram @SteveMillerArt.
See Portfolio Page of Rocky Climb.
Just finished this big trail painting today.
I took several pictures, so I could make this little animated gif and look back at the work in progress.
Trail Dreams, 60 x 40, acrylic on canvas, © Steve Miller 2017
This painting was inspired by mountain biking in SE Michigan, but is not an actual place. It’s just a daydream built on good memories of getting out there and contending with the trail. Feeling the exhilaration of moving through the trees, and finding all these great things to look at, if only for a moment.
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Painting The Trails
8 x 8, acrylic on canvas, 11/28/17
Just completed these two imaginary trail paintings, part of a new series inspired by mountain biking in Michigan.
Painting imaginary trails is just as fun as riding real ones. 
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Portraits of my girls
Painted these portraits of my little ladies the other day. Magenta highlights and smiles.
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.
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON!
Come to the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. The 79th GPAA Members Show. 2-4pm.
I’m lucky to have two pieces in this show. Thank you GPAA.
Unexpected Expedition, 60 x 40, acrylic on canvas, © Steve Miller 2017
Just Bluffing, 36″x24″, acrylic on canvas, © Steve Miller 2017
Unexpected Expedition hanging in the 79th GPAA members show at the War Memorial in Grosse Pointe.
60″ x 40″, acrylic on canvas, 2/10/2017
Here’s my latest mental landscape.
An acrylic landscape painting with the view of an imaginary beach… have a ball at the beach!
Just Bluffing, 36″ x 24″, acrylic on canvas, 1/11/17
This painting was a valley before it was a beach. Fabricating Daydreams!
Work in progress
Work in progress
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.