SHIRLEY MILLER - PAINTINGS WITH FOUND OBJECTS

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SHIRLEY MILLER

Contemporary artist and printmaker living in the green hills inland from Byron Bay, Northern NSW.
Her main medium is gouache (an opaque watercolor, used on French handmade paper). Other mediums used are acrylic or oil paint on canvas. Her subjects focus on found objects, many times unrelated. Feathers found on bush walks, as well as fallen leaves affected by nature such as rain, drought or frost. objects which normally go unnoticed.

These works concentrate on the beauty inherent in wet or dry twisted leaves or feather dropped from native birds. The artworks is intended to create a meditative, thoughtful. calming response from the viewer rather than an intellectual struggle to understand the collection.

To buy a painting contact Shirley by phone on 02 6689 1793 or email.
The price of the artworks ranges between $250 and $3000.

exhibition

LAST EXHIBITION
'BITS AND PIECES'
Armistead's Gallery
Wyrallah Road, Lismore

An exhibition of gouache on paper by Shirley Miller, showing collections of feathers, leaves and familiar objects. Also introducing new works of small wooden wall pieces.

Click! here to view some of the works

review

bits and pieces :
Shirley Miller’s successful new direction: “a joy to make”
A review by Wendy Sarkissian.

Established Nimbin artist,
Shirley Miller, who has works in the National Gallery and a number of state galleries and corporate collections, has taken an exciting new direction with her work.

The new media are dramatic wall pieces,
virtually painted timber collages, The works represent a step into colour and abstraction, building on Shirley’s previous work on paper with feathers, leaves and found objects, which been highly successful and has been exhibited in Nimbin.

The new works have been exhibited
recently for the first time in Nimbin and will be exhibited in Armistead’s Gallery, Wyrallah Road, Lismore in August this year. Speaking about her work in Nimbin this week, Shirley said, “This work has been fun and a joy to make and I have been thrilled by the response.

It’s gratifying to be able to forge
new directions and have innovation appreciated by the both the artistic community and the discerning Nimbin community.”

The new wall pieces will be on display at the Retro Café and Nimbin Hairdresser on Cullen Street from the beginning of May.

Shirley has many other fine works on display in her STUDIO block 7, Nr 78, Cecil Street, Nimbin and is represented by the Blue Knob Hall Gallery.

Published in 'NIMBIN GOOD TIMES' May 2006
Wendy Sarkissian

biography

The environment, natural and urban, presents Shirley Miller
with infinite material for her art. 'To convey the mood, not
the representation of place' is the essence of her aims.

Shirley was born in Brisbane, Australia. Her training as an artist
began at the Central Technical College Art School, Brisbane.
She then served an apprenticeship as a graphic artist.

She worked as a freelance graphic artist for a number of years,
finding the time to take private lessons from well known
artist Margaret Cilento.

Shirley studied printmaking at Morley College, London.
She continued this investigation at Kelvin Grove College
on returning to Australia.

Later when family obligations permitted. Shirley attended
Art Council workshops with quite a few prominent Australian
Artists: John Olsen, David Rose, Andrew Sibley, Mervyn Moriarty,
David Paulson and Roy Churcher.
Shirley was a founding member of the 'Wednesday Group' in Brisbane.
She has been exibiting regularly since 1975.

acquisitions

Shirley has been acquired by:

National Gallery - Canberra

Queensland Art Gallery - Brisbane

Tasmanian Museum and Art Galley - HobartNorthern

Territory Museum and Art Gallery - Darwin

And is represented in the following collections:

Commonwealth Art Bank Collection

Mobil Oil Australia Collection

Queensland Government Office - Tokyo

Ipswich Boys Grammar - Queensland

Commonwealth Bank - Brisbane & Sydney

Stanthorpe Shire Council Collection - Queensland

Caloundra City Council - Queensland

BHP Collection - Brisbane

Thynne MacCartney Solicitors - Queensland

Bullivants Natural Health Products - Brisbane

Armstrong Jones - Brisbane

Lend Lease Corporation Collection -Brisbane

Capricorn International Resort - Yeppoon, Queensland

Advanced Bank Collection- Sydney

Stanton Hillier Parker Collection - Brisbane

contact

SHIRLEY MILLER
shirley@artstudiomiller.com
www.artstudiomiller.com
TEL: 02 6689 1793
PO BOX 438. NIMBIN. NSW 2480