My painting ‘Ben Jamin’ is a part of Royal Oak’s Art Explored public art program, and C&G News wrote an article about it. Here’s a link to that article.
https://www.candgnews.com/news/new-batch-of-artwork-on-display-in-downtown-royal-oak-114664
7 New Public Art Installations You Can Find In Royal Oak
Royal Oak artist receives award for ‘Stasis Hiatus’
ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak artist Steve Miller recently received the Corinne Maillard Robinson Award and $250 for his submission to the 2019 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, which is held by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.
By: Sarah Wojcik | Royal Oak Review | Published July 9, 2019
Varnish Day
Gotta love Varnish Day!
Canvas Pontiac 2019
Here’s an easy thing to do. Visit https://www.canvaspontiac.com/2019-handcraft and look at all the artwork submitted to this years handcrafted category of Canvas Pontiac. Click the heart on any entry you feel the love for. I hope you will select my painting Electric Pole as one of your favorite.
I believe this is a juried competition, but the first stage looks like it’s also a popularity contest. So, if you don’t mind sharing with your buds, I hope to see my painting on the side of a building in downtown Pontiac again this year.
Thanks for your support. – sm
Opening Recognition
The MFAC opening was really fun this past Friday. Thanks to everyone who came out to see the show. I was awarded the Corinne Maillard Robinson Award. What a great surprise. Thanks to the juror Jerald Melberg and the BBAC for this recognition.
MFAC Opening Evening 
Gallerist and Juror Jerald Melberg 
Preview the 2019 Michigan Fine Art’s Competition
Preview the show here: 38th MFAC. This years juror is Jerlald Melberg.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION – FRI, JUN 21, 6-8PM. All free & open to the public.
Art Opening Friday
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center’s
38th Michigan Fine Arts Competition
Meet me at the opening this Friday the 22nd, 6pm-8pm | Awards presented around 7pm.
Artwork selected from the surrounding five state region. My selected artwork:
I hope to see you there.
BBAC’s 38th MFAC
Yay! My painting “Stasis Hiatus” was accepted for the BBAC’s 38th annual, 2019 Michigan Fine Arts Competition.
This will be my fourth time participating in this 5-state regional competition. Come to the opening, and see all the amazing work selected by this years Juror Jerald Melberg.
I hope to see you there.
Exhibition Opens — Fri., Jun. 21; Reception 6-8pm – Awards Presentation around 7pm
Exhibition Closes — Thurs., Aug 22, 5pm
BBAC Gallery Summer Hours
Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm
1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
Zap Zap
Electric Utility Poles interest me for a few reasons.
- They’re ignored yet ubiquitous.
- They’re reminiscent of a crucifix yet come in many variations.
- They jettison up into the sky.
- I imagine invisible current running all around and through them.
This illustrates a new process for me. I started working a little differently by combining loose brushy abstract marks with figurative forms inspired from my snapshots around my neighborhood.
Mental Fix
Here’s an animated .gif file of the different stages in the making of my new painting titled, Mental Fix. It was inspired by a strange happening under the viaduct on Normandy Rd next to Delemere Blvd. in Royal Oak.
Mental Fix, 16 x 20, acrylic on wood panel, started 4/2/19, completed 4/13/19, © Steve Miller 2019
Me and Tiff (re-shot)
I asked Larry at Fine Art Printing to reshoot these portrait paintings of Tiff and I, because my shots didn’t accurately represent the originals. As you can see below, the new shots are much better.
Thanks a bunch Larry & Tim. Glad to have your help.
