Adam Miller born in 1979 is a native of Oregon. Miller's work is based on an a love of the great tradition of figure painting from the Renaissance and Baroque Periods. Miller began an art apprenticeship with Allen Jones in 1993, and the next two years were spent drawing and studying the human form and the art of the Renaissance and baroque periods. At sixteen miller was accepted into the Florence Academy Of Art Where He studied with Daniel Graves and later With Michael John Angel at his Studio also in Florence. After leaving Italy Miller spent 1999-2000 in Antwerp studying Flemish baroque painting in it's home and birthplace. During his time in Florence and his travels in Europe Miller's vision of creating Artwork inspired by the beauty and grace of the human form matured into it's present form. After returning to the United states Adam Miller began painting murals and large figurative paintings. Miller's work reflects humanity in all its variety and richness, and speaks in a language filled with depth, color and expressive light.
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Invitation
2008 Oil on wood 122x61
Leda
2008 Oil on canvas 152x122
Alexandra
2008 Oil on canvas 152x122
Roleplay
2009 Oil on canvas 40x56
Coney Island
2008 Oil on board 122x244
Artemis
2009 Oil on wood 91.5x122
Education and biography
1993-1996 Apprenticeship to Allen Jones
1996 Attended Florence Academy Of Art (Florence Italy)
1997-1998 Studied with Michael John Angel (Florence, Italy)
1999-2000 Studied Flemish Painting in Antwerp, Belgium
2006 Studied with Nelson Shanks at the Art students League of New York
2006 Classes at the New York academy of art
Resume
2004-2006 Exhibited in the Zado Gallery Portland, Oregon
2005 best of show Lake Oswego festival of art
2003-2006 Numerous private Mural and portrait Commissions.
2006 Exhibited at Gallerie Icosahedron In New York, New York