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Artist: Scott Miller (d. 2008)
Miller studied initially at the now-defunct Cooper School of Art in Cleveland before graduating in 1983 from the Cleveland Institute of art as a photography major.
In his paintings, Miller focused initially on dreamy agglomerations of cartoon-like creatures, animals, plants and humans, including men who sported a crewcut like the artist's own. More recently, Miller painted images of strange and eerie organisms that fused characteristics of plants and the human body.
Miller excelled at quick and fluent brushwork, enjoyed rich and often lurid colors and had a way of creating imagery that suggested a trompe l'oeil realism. Often, his creatures and organisms had pocked surfaces, as if they were scarred by disease.
Miller showed his work around the world, at galleries in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Key West, Fla., Toronto, Paris, Tokyo and Amsterdam.
carta owns a large collection of artwork by Cleveland area artists, both for adults and children, and purchases about $25,000 of new art annually. We further our mission by donating annual scholarships to Cleveland Institute of Art students and provide educational activities to enhance awareness of area artists.