ARTIST STATEMENT
This new body of work continues to reflect Miller’s high standards of meticulous craftsmanship as well as holding some surprises for his audience. A recent visit to the Louise Nevelson retrospective has inspired a departure from his well-known bas-relief wall pieces into free standing three dimensional work. This new work continues to reflect the artist’s fascination with the industrial detritus of our culture. Miller finds the unseen beauty in everything from abandoned factory sites to the minute interior mechanisms of discarded appliances. His rich palette of earth tones and carefully calibrated surface textures mirrors the ambient patina of rust and decay that he resurrects into works of great harmony and beauty. Miller’s continued exploration of the dialogue between interior and exterior space propels the viewer into the contemplation of the past, the present and the future. Exploring a broad spectrum of art’s history, Frank Miller speaks of his early epiphany with the work of Rembrandt as well as his awe of the work of Richard Serra while mastering his own voice with art that speaks to our contemporary world.

PROCESS Each piece is constructed with ¼ inch birch plywood on a wooden frame. The scapes in each work are painted with artists’ acrylic colors. The objects glued to the surface are almost all plastic and some metal. These parts come from a variety of machinery, which includes VCRs, DVDs, radios, computer keyboards and anything else that has parts that are useful towards my objective. Each electronic device and machine is disassembled. The parts I need are removed and the rest is saved for possible future projects. When necessary, which is most of the time, I use a table saw, band saw and grinder to shape the parts according to my needs. Each piece is then coated with an acrylic iron paint. When dry it is dipped in an oxidizing solution and rusted. After each piece is glued to the surface, it is then down-toned and or highlighted with artist acrylic colors to finish.

BIO
1948 – With my father I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Became awestruck in the Rembrandt Gallery, my first exposure to masterful art. To be an artist for the rest of my life was set permanently in my psyche.

1948 – Viewed the innards of a smashed T.V. and was awe struck again. This experience influenced my decision to later use objects as my primary medium.

1959-1960 – Attended The School Of Visual Arts, NYC.

1961 – Came to live in Los Angeles. Painted.

1963 – Received Honorable Mention: Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

1963-1975 – Painted less then not at all. Fell into the throes of alcoholism.

1975 – Got sober and began working again. Started using T.V. parts in my work.

1978 – Had solo show at the Wexler Weiss Gallery in Encino, Ca. My first.

1985-1987 – Did political illustrations for the Los Angeles Hearld Examiner and the Daily Breeze newspapers.

1985-1988 – Did illustrations for the L.A. Times Calendar Section.

1995 – Received first award from L.A. Art Core on the theme of world peace, honoring the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

1995-1997 – Was selected to show in a group exhibit touring Africa: “Recycle, Reuse, Recreate”.

1996 – Received second place award from George Herms at the Long Beach Arts Juried Exhibit, “Found Objects.”

1997 – Curated group exhibit “Vitreous Humor” at the Orange County Center For Contemporary Art in Santa Ana CA.

1998 – Curated exhibit “Group Assemblage” at OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA.

1999 – Directed The Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. for one year. Saw the organization into a new 6300 sq. ft. location in Santa Ana.

2000 – Curated Los Angeles Assemblage Group, group exhibit at OCCCA in Santa Ana, Ca. Moved to Sonoma County Ca.

2003 – Received first award Plaza Arts Gallery, Healdsburg, Ca.

2004 – Received first award from S-MOCA in juried auction exhibit, Santa Rosa, Ca.

2005 – Was one of six artists in founding the Cloverdale Center for the Arts (CCA).

2006 – Became Director of Exhibitions of CCA Gallery.

2009 – Received second award from Cloverdale Juried Sculpture Exhibit.

2010 – Received representation with Woolff Gallery in London England.