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

Me with Dolly, the other sister.

Dolly, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Me, in overalls and a babushka, with a chicken.

Red scarf, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

And in a party dress, with my grandmother’s dog.

Black dog, 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