 Our Daily Drive By Artist Jackie Miller |
It's about preserving what I see and remembering the earth and its micro environments as being true in color. Landscapes have been painted forever. Prairie Images have been painted forever. It's about breathing new life into old topics. These are very common drive by images that get lodged into my mind or captured on my camera as I am driving by. I preserve them on canvas, with vivid colors as I want to remember them. The ability to use clean concise colors allows for a refreshing look at the Prairies. Each painting shares a distinctive attitude and presence as its common thread. I usually paint in series or theme as in this group of paintings the theme being about preserving the prairie image, one of my ways of going green. My Prairie has an abundance of color and is usually framed with trees. There is a bit of whimsy feel to the landscape. If you flip my coin I go from landscape of the western prairie to the cityscapes of the western prairie. My images remain vivid with color; they become even more whimsical in appearance. These prairie cities are not flat and dusty. The common threads of my cityscapes are my tapioca skies.
I was born 1961 in Humboldt Saskatchewan; I am predominantly a self taught artist presently based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I have been gifted with supportive family and friends who encourage me to stretch the boundaries always pushing the brush and the imagination. At Present the majority of my work is with acrylics on canvas.
My work is represented in private, public and corporate collections. Recently, selected pieces have been purchased and are the property of the Legislative Building, Regina Saskatchewan.
Artist Achievements
Gallery Representation 2007 - 2008
CUMBERLAND GALLERY - Legislative Building - Regina Saskatchewan
DELMAR GALLERY ' Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Exhibitions
| Selected original pieces are currently being displayed at the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Club Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Garden Architecture and Design Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Days Paint Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Appl custom woodworks Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Seaside Collection of seven currently displayed at Twin Beach St. Laurent Manitoba .Selected reproductions of pieces are currently being displayed at Delmar Gallery, Western Development Museum and Garden Architecture and Design. | Present | |
| Solo exhibition Calories Restaurant ' Saskatoon Sk | August 2008 | |
| Two person Exhibition and painting on site ' Garden Architecture and Design ' Saskatoon SK | July 2008 | |
| Solo Exhibition On Broadway Art Encounter ' Saskatoon SK | June 2008 | |
| Solo Exhibition ' Centre East Galleries ' Saskatoon SK | May 2008 | |
| Creative Expressions Student exhibition University of Saskatchewan | April 2008 | |
| Solo exhibition Garden Architecture and Design-Saskatoon SK | March 2008 | |
| Solo exhibition ' Munroe's ' Saskatoon SK | Feb 2008 | |
| Solo exhibition Cumberland Gallery Legislative Building Regina Saskatchewan | Dec 2007 | |
| Group Exhibition Boys and Girls Club Western Development Museum Saskatoon Saskatchewan | Oct 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Bridges Gallery Saskatoon City Hospital | Sept 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Perdue Oasis Golf and RV resort | August 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Off Broadway Dinner Theatre | June 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition On Broadway Art Encounter | June 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Dancing Sky Theatre - Meacham SK | May 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Calories Restaurant - Saskatoon SK | March 2007 | |
| Solo exhibition Off Broadway Diner Theatre - Saskatoon SK | June 2006 | |
| exhibition with a group setting 2nd annual Art Festival Art au jus | August 2006 | |
| Solo exhibition Off Broadway Diner Theatre | Sept 2006 | |
| Featured Artist in Cahoots Magazine - 2nd issue | April 2006 | |
| One-person exhibition at Orchard Chiropractor centre originals | April 2006 | |
| Solo exhibition at Garden Architecture and Design 2006 - Saskatoon SK | April 2006 | |
| Two person exhibition - Garden Architecture and Design | Nov 2005 | |
| Solo exhibition within a group setting Western Development Museum | Oct 2005 | |
| Solo exhibition Bridges Gallery Saskatoon City Hospital | Sept 2005 | |
| Solo exhibition within a group setting1st annual Art Festival - Art au jus | Aug 2005 | |
| 5 - Group exhibition through Robertson and Underhill Art Placement | 2005 | |
| Selected reproductions were sold through Waneskawin Heritage Park | 2005 | |
| Selected reproductions were sold through Prairie Unique gift shop | 2005 |
Awards
2008 Purchase award Exhibition Fine Arts Division ' Saskatoon Saskatchewan
2007 1st Prize and Best of Multicultural ward - Exhibition Fine Arts Division - Saskatoon Saskatchewan
2007 2nd Prize Charcoal - Exhibition Fine Arts Division - Saskatoon Saskatchewan
2007 1st Prize - Reflection of Nature Intermediate - Saskatoon Saskatchewan
2007 3rd Prize - Reflection of Nature Intermediate - Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Media/Advertisement
Cahoots Magazine online storefront - 2008
Star phoenix newspaper - What's showing - 2007
Cahoots Magazine - 1st & 3rd issue - 2005
Planet S - Saskatoon local print - 2005
Western Living Magazine - 2005
Star phoenix newspaper - What's showing - 2005
Website
http://www.jackiemiller.ca
Provincially Licensed under Jacqueline Faye Miller Gallery
www.caloriesrestaurants.com/events.html under Jacqueline Faye Miller (Feb 18 - March 25)
www.old.cahootsmagazine.com/store/jackie-miller-artist
Related Work
| Developed full colour poster (copyrighted) no restraint education. Distributed Health region wide | 2006 | |
| Interior colour consultant for Appl Construction business office. | 2004 | |
| Interior decorator for 10,000sq.ft. Entertainment centre and restaurant area | 2003 | |
| Interior decorator for 15,000sq.ft. Entertainment centre | 2002 | |
| Developed winning design for Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses Foundation Pin | 1996 | |
| Developed winning design of logo for "design a Logo - Seven Oaks Hospital Winnipeg Manitoba | 1995 | |
| Art instructor at elementary school | 1994 |
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Jackie Miller
E-mail: jfmiller@sasktel.net Website: www.jackiemiller.ca
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