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Demo at the Nov. 4, 2024 Ellis County Art Association Meeting

Demo at the November meeting of the Ellis County Art Association, Waxahachie, Texas

Final Demo Piece done for Ellis County Art Association, Waxahachie, Texas **SOLD**

Sold — Final Demo Piece done for Ellis County Art Association, Waxahachie, Texas **SOLD**

Atchafalaya Memories • 18 x 36 Oil on canvas

‘Caddo Blue’, 16 x 8 oil on panel. SOLD at Art on the Square Gallery on historic square in downtown Waxahachie, Texas. SOLD

Three paintings selected for the Richeson75 International -Landscape, Seascape & Architecture 2020 Show and exhibit book.

Welcome to Steve Miller Studios. This site is in the process of being moved over from www.JourneyInOils.com. I work in oils, pastels and charcoal. You will find both Studio and Plein Air work here. I also work on commission to produce pet portraits, house portraits or your favorite place. Please Contact me to about pricing and the process.

The subject matter in this body of work consist of places I have visited, from Texas to Georgia to Maine. Landscape, Architecture, People or Animals…the scope of the work is wide. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Works are avaiblabe at Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards and the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Weiler House Fine Art Gallery in Fort Worth and Art on the Square in Waxahachie, Texas.

I use quality materials, such as Winsor Newton Artists’ Oil Colour, Richeson Oils, Gamblin Oils on canvas and panels. Most of the pastel works are created on Ampersand Pastelbord, using quality pastels like Sennelier Soft Pastels, Schmincke Soft Pastels, Rembrandt Soft Pastels, Prismacolor NuPastels and Cretacolor.

Limited edition Giclee prints on canvas are available for a very few works.

Ancient Milk Protein paint, Casein, has been lurking in the shadows for hundreds of years.

Milk it for all it’s Worth!

The Jack Richeson Company, a manufacturer of paints, easels and other artists materials, recently had a competition for a medium I had never tried. Trying new media, sometimes shoves artists out of their “comfort zone”. But it is a great way to break creative blocks, as well as discover some new techniques and most importantly, …

Plein Air painting in Livingston, Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains National Park

To Everything a Season!

October 23, 1965 a song hit number 80 in the charts, performed by the Byrds called Turn, Turn, Turn. It parroted the text from Ecclesiastes chapter three. This text says “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. Ecclesiastes 3:1 True words. For me, fall is a time …

Second Annual Paint LivingstonPlein Air Competition & Art Sale

I am blessed to be participating in the 2nd Annual Paint Livingston Plein Air Competition in east Tennessee. Tennessee is a great place to be in October! Painting starts October 1 and ends on October 4th with sale and a Quick Draw competition. On Saturday, October 4, downtown Livingston, Tennessee will bustle with plein air …

River Road Show

It as been a busy summer. Paint-outs in Spring, several shows in Texas and Louisiana have kept me somewhat busy, along with some additional work that must be done. One of the shows I was honored to be juried into is the 55th Annual River Road Show, which is a National Juried Art Competition. This …