SNAPSHOTS | MIKE MILLER

These paintings are interpretations of family photographs, many taken in Williamstown, NJ during the 1950s. There’s a full narrative to follow.

Mickie and Chuck

Mickie and Chuck, 11″ by 14″ oil on canva

My mother and brother. The image captures her characteristic tension.

Spring, Williamstown, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Nana in Pennsylvania. She liked a big dog.

Nana and Shep, 18″ by 14″ oil on canvas

Baba, my Polish great-grandmother. A mystery.

Baba, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

My mom when she still had her swagger.

Virginia, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas

It’s me! In overalls and a babushka! With a chicken!

Chicken feed, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Me with another of my grandmother’s big black dogs.

Party dress, 11″ by 14″ oil on canvas

My grandparents’ wedding. He was 30, a widower with a child; she was probably 15.
It didn’t work out.

Nana’s wedding, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas

My brother and me and some background drama.

Williamstown, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas

My Russian step-grandfather standing behind a rosebush, God knows why.

Grandpop, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Nana and me, her captive.

Nana and me, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas