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While Miller has led a vibrant, peripatetic life—much of which has been lived by the water—, he has remained profoundly tied to his family history and the place he considers to be home. World travel, self-knowledge, identity, and sense of place combine and motivate a unique style that involves exploration of materials and process through figure and landscape, painting and drawing, as well as abstraction and fragmentation that inhibits pure representation and straightforward narrative interpretation. 

Among the paintings selected is a mural-like piece called The Day’s Catch (2022), worked in oil and epoxy on canvas and panel (66 x 96 inches). Like another piece, the oil on panel entitled Giants (2022, 58 x 84 inches), it features a consistent motif in Miller’s work, that of “man on the water”. The Day’s Catch also depicts a variety of drawn and painted objects, including a hammer, nails, and a frame structure, which could allude to the artist’s experience as a builder/contractor. These elements might also suggest the early, childhood influence of classical animated cartoons, which he attributes as influential to his pursuit of art. Overall, Miller’s artwork transmits an aura of adventure, discovery, and enchantment.