MIKE MILLER | Some paintings

Some of the paintings posted here are based on old black-and-white snapshots of and by my family in Williamstown, NJ. These represent my current focus; I’m fascinated by the complexity of people deliberately posing for the camera. A separate group interprets photographs I took in China from 2005-2007. And then others fall into no particular category except that they reflect my efforts to situate people in their surroundings so as to reveal their essential rightness. That is, if they’ll let me, and some will not despite their being close relatives or long dead. They just refuse.

A friend posing in costume at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing.

Lily posing, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Paintings posted on this site are available for sale unless otherwise marked.
Contact me at mikemiller@asmikemiller.com