MIKE MILLER | As artist

Welcome to Mike Miller

Here are two small collections, with a third to come.

Paintings posted on the Snapshots page are mostly based on old black-and-white family photographs. They tell a troubled story of immigration, fear, and narcissistic abuse, and represent my attempt to use the exacting examination and even the physical act of painting to discover what was once excused or ignored. Most are images of people who were never permitted to understand their own lives.

The China 2005-2007 paintings recall my brief stay in that country to study Chinese law. It was such a hopeful country; you sensed a wonderful energy everywhere. I wanted the China collection to explain and share all that beauty and joy.

The Philadelphia page is empty as yet, a promise to myself. I picture Queen Anne’s lace and blue chicory flowers growing through sidewalks. Paulownia trees along rail lines and narrow row houses with marble stoops. The broad silver Delaware and rowers on the Schuylkill. Christmas along Market Street and July Fourth on the Parkway. This is my city.

Please enjoy.