Eleanor Miller
Artist Bio Artist Work
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Eleanor Miller is inspired by the farmland that surrounds her Connecticut studio and her affinity with the natural world is abundantly evident in her ethereal oils. After receiving her BFA from Connecticut College in New London, the artist studied with The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Artist Statement
Growing up in a rural town, with freedom to roam open fields and deep woods has impacted what matters to me as an artist. This work is about what lives within and depends upon the landscape. My paintings express a passion and concern for nature, it’s power, beauty and fragility. Animals, birds, ponds and meadows are part of my visual landscape. From the macro to the micro, I look for novelty in that which appears common. I frequently walk in my rural neighborhood and in the woods seeking inspiration. It could be it a rolling field, dramatic clouds, a grazing cow or a bounty of botanicals that speak to me as a painter. I extract these images with camera and/or sketch and interpret them onto canvas. What I paint reflects a part of the big picture, pieces that are connected and are in a symbiotic relationship. The resulting work addresses the spiritual potency of nature and celebrates the beauty and mystery of the precious world in which we live.
The process of painting is a a two dimensional vocabulary that gives foundation for pause and reflection. It is an exploration to see what will evolve onto the canvas. My process is a blend of realism with loosely applied paint marrying a contrast of styles. There is a series of layering, color over color with palette knife to create luminosity and surface. From there I introduce images and build the picture. Not everything is planned, though I start my idea with a solid sketch. From here I create a picture that is composed of different elements. It becomes a picture based on reality and imagination.
Education
1991 M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1986 B.A., Connecticut College, New London, CT
1975 A.S. Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Collections
AJO Partners, Philadelpia, PA
Fearings Restaurant, Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, TX
The River House, New York, NY
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
The Corcoran Group, Palm Beach, FL
Lynn Redgrave, Kent, CT
The Resnick Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Wilmington Trust, Miami, FL
Paul Rieser, NY, NY
Awards
2025
First Prize, Nowich Art Council Group Show, Norwich, CT
2024
Katherine Seymour Day Award, CT Women’s Annual National Exhibit, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich,CT
2017
Honorable Mention- CT Artist Annual Exhibit- Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2008
Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation Artist Resource Trust Fund
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Then and Again , Anne Loucks, Glencoe, ILL
2017
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
2016
Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island, Public ART,Providence, RI
2014
Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME
Inside Nature, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Transient Beauty, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2011
The Visible Angelic, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2010
Corners of the World, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2009
Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Glen Urquhart School- (via Clark Gallery), Beverly, MA
Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2008
Downtown Art Walk- Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
2007
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invisible Landscapes, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Nature Revealed, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glenco, IL
Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Introspection, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2006
Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
2004
Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
2003
Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
Origins and Legends, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2002
A Sense of Place, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2000
Heavenfield, Wright Gallery, New York, NY
Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
1999
Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Two-Person Exhibitions
2006
From Nature, Eleanor Miller and Gerald Earley, Aliya-Lindstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995
PS 122, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025
All Together Now, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Uconn Avery Point, Groton, CT
Spring Exibition, Stonington Gallery, Stonington, CT
79th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2024
The Summer Show, Stonington Gallery, Stonington, CT
113 Annual Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum/CT Academy of Fine Arts, Norwich, CT
Elective Affinities, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Uconn Avery Point, Groton, CT
Schmidt Dean Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ
Winter, Stonington Gallery, ,Stonington, CT
Everyday Magic,Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC
2023
Sense of Place, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at Avery Point, UCONN Groton, CT
2021
Flourish, Lark and Key,Charlotte, NC
Flutter and Flight, Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC
2018
Wish List, Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC
Plumage, Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC
Bloom, Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC
Cynical Grandiousity, Schmidt Dean, Cherry Hill, NJ
Studio Rigor-30 Years of Investigation, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ
Animal Attraction, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
2017
Exalted Realities, 121 Gallery, Stonington, CT
Summer Exhibition, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Group Exhibition, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Chicago Botanical Garden, Antiques, Garden & Design Show, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glenco, Ill
Massively Small, J Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2015
Umbrella Arts, Metro Show Art Fair.- New York, NY
2014
Adelson+ Hannah + Miller, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelpia, PA
2013
Susan Maasch Gallery, Portland, ME
2011
Women in the Arts 50th Art Exhibition- Four Starr Gallery, Stonington,
2009
Small Works-Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, ILL
Flower Power, Clark Gallery- Lincoln, MA
2008
The December Group Show Exhibition, Linstrum-Matre Artworks, Atlanta, GA
Winging It, Bachelier-Cardonsky-Kent, CT
Visual Trilogy, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2007
Schmidt-Dean Gallery- Philadelpia, PA
Spring Fling, Aliya-Lindstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hothouse, Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2006
Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Floral Interpretations, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Ill
Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Butters Gallery, Porltand, OR
Women- 7- Weeks, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Ill,
2005
Aliya Lindstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Still Life, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glenco, IL
2001
Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
1999
Our Good Earth, the Landscape at the End of the Century, Hemphill Fine Art, Washington, DC
Valentine, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1997
In Land Settings, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1996
GOLA Festival,Gallery of Living Artists, New York, NY
Past Post, Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
By the Sea, Fotouhi-Cramer, New York, NY
February Invitational, Rene Fotouhi Fine Art, New York, NY
1995
Benefit Show, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1994
Small Works, Foster Goldstrum, New York, NY
Paint, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Trees, Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Secret Garden, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
New York City, The New York Law School presented by Art Initiatives, NY
Food, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen, and Hamilton, New York, NY
Notorious Long Island, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
1993
Summer Group Show, Germans Van Eck, New York, NY
Chicago International Exhibition, Muranushi Lederman, New York, NY
Small Works, Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY
Museum Exhibitions
2016
Meadow Life, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2014
Animal Heart, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2010
Where Lies Beauty, The Mattatuck Museum- Waterbury, CT
2006
Connecticut Artists Annual Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2000
Millennium New Gifts and Acquisitions, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1999
Annual Exhibition, The Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Brushes with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1998
Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape, South Bend Regional Museum of
Arts, South Bend,IN
Connecticut Artists Annual Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
1996
Out of Eden, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
1995
New Voices, New Visions, Kennedy Museum of American Art, Athens , OH
1987
27th Annual Festival, Museum of Arts and Science and Industry, Bridgeport, CT
Bibliography
Phil Hall, “It Takes Creativity to Manage the Business of Art,” Norwich Magazine, Norwich, CT, April 2016
“Solo Exhibition to feature Eleanor Miller,” Antiques an d the Arts Weekly, Boston, MA, June 18 (1999)
Rundquist, Leisa “Remembering Beauty: the Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape, “ South Bend Regional Museum of Art (catalog), South Bend, IL, October (1998) ill.
Self, Dana, “Out of Eden,” “Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (catalog),’’ Kansas City, MO September (1997) ill.
Farrah, Mary Howard, “Soul of the Land, “ The Connecticut College Magazine, New London, CT January (1997)Vol. 6, #3, ill. pg. 40
Caruso, Andrea, “Three Angles on Nature Offered at Kennedy,” The Athens News, Athens, OH, Thursday, October 31 (1996)
“Painting Exhibition provides sneak preview of Kennedy Art Museum, “ The Sunday Messenger, Athens, OH, October 13, (1996)
“Eleanor Miller At Dillon Gallery,” Art Now Gallery Guide, New York, NY vol # 16, no.4 , Ill. cover and pg. 5, December (1996)
Dorsery, Kristina, “ Reflecting a Natural Spirit,” The Day, New London, CT, Sunday, November 26, (1995) ill. pg. B1-B4
“Connecticut Gets Flowery at Cummings,” The Day, New London, CT,October 2, (1994)
“ Three Artistic Explorers Show in CT, ” Antiques and Arts Weekly, Kent, CT, September 2 (1994)
Reviews
O’Shaughnessy, Tracy, “Where Lies Beauty- ‘Mattatuck’s new exhibit celebrates women artists,” Rebublican-American, Tuesday June 29, 2010
Chicago Art Review ,“Summer Art show, Paintings :Recommended, “ July 2009
Beem, Edgar Allen, “A Summer Flower Show-Flower Power at Clark Gallery,” YankeeMagazine.com, August 2009
Cullum, Jerry, “Romantic Vistas of Nature Feel Right,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Sunday, July 2, (2006) ill.
Mulski,Susan, “Pepper Gallery/Boston, Eleanor Miller,” Art New England, vol. 20, number 6, Oct./Nov. (1999 ) ill.
Temin, Christine, “Art in Cycles”, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA June 20 (1999)
Silver, Joanne, “Visions come together at museum,” The Boston Herald, Boston, MA, July 2 (1999)
Duehr, Gary, “The pulse of New England Art,” The Framingham Tab, Framingham, MA, June 22 (1999)
Cohen, Julia, “Opening reception draws artists, fans and friends,” The Lexington Minute, Lexington, MA July 1, (1999)
Sozanski,Edward J., “A vision of nature both realistic and fantastic,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelpia, PA, December(1997), ill. pg. 40
Melrod,George, “Openings,” Art & Antiques, New York, NY, October (1996) ill. pg.29
Ducmante,Ingrid, “Mixing Memory and Life,” The Insider, New York, NY, October 6, (1996)