For Eleanor Miller, growing up in a rural town with freedom to roam open fields and deep woods impacted what matters to her as an artist. Her work is about what lives within and depends upon the landscape. Her ethereal oil paintings express a passion and concern for nature, its power, beauty and fragility. From the macro to the micro, she looks for novelty in that which appears common and frequently walks her rural neighborhood and the woods seeking inspiration - taking photos or sketching along the way.
Eleanor's process is a blend of realism with loosely applied paint marrying a contrast of styles. There is a series of layering, color over color, with a palette knife to create luminosity and surface before introducing images. Her paintings reflect a part of the big picture, pieces that are connected and are in a symbiotic relationship. The resulting work, based in reality and imagination, addresses the spiritual potency of nature and celebrates the beauty and mystery of the precious world in which we live.
Eleanor Miller received her BFA from Connecticut College in New London, then attended SVA school of visual arts in New York for her MFA.
