Location: United States
Doretta Miller's art work is represented by First Street Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, New York City, and is currently Professor of Art at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Her paintings have received numerous awards nationally and internationally, and are in permanent collections at Albany Institute of History and Art, Ripon College, and The Hyde Collection.
Miller’s paintings, either gouache on paper or oil on canvas, represent narrative scenes of people or still-life subjects. Over the years Miller has painted images of China and Italy where she lived and taught. Miller recently returned to painting oil on canvas. At this time she is re-directing her attention to subjects closer to home, and recently completed a series of oil portraits of chairs. Throughout all of Miller’s works, regardless of medium, emphasis is placed on the play of light and the richness of surfaces.
“Doretta Miller, "Chair with Tulips and Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie", O/C (2010) ”
Miller paints portraits of chairs that are paired with iconic images by well-known artists.
Miller uses gouache to capture everyday scenes of life in Beijing, PRC.
“Doretta Miller, "Dante and Beatrice: Florence, Italy," gouache on paper (2008)”
Miller captures everyday scenes of Florence, Italy, using gouache on paper.
“Doretta Miller, Portrait of Chair with Frederick Church's Horseshoe Falls (2011)”
Miller paints oil paintings of chairs that suggest the personalties of famous artists paired with iconic images.
“Doretta Miller, "Walking the Streets of Florence, Italy" gouache on paper (2008)”
Miller paints every day scenes of Florence, Italy using gouache on paper.
