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As a child, Boze Miller would often compete
in innocuous art contests with his older sibling,
wherein the contest was to render a landscape
as fast as possible without losing the realist
elements of the subject. The practice was crucial
in Miller’s early development as an artist, instilling
in him the important of spontaneity and
directness in the creative process. As he
exhibited great natural talent for color and form,
painting became an obsession for Miller, and he
in fact secluded himself from friends and family
for the better part of three years in order to
advance his talent quickly. He was most
interested in the manner with which a painter
can completely control space and depth with
the use of line, color and form.
Recognizing his son’s undeniable passion for the
arts, Miller’s father insisted that he apply to a
nearby high school for the gifted. But before
Miller had a chance to research the school, he
was approached by a performing and visual
arts school in Dallas, Texas. He entered the
school, thereby beginning his formal studies in the
arts. He continued these studies at the Atlanta
College of Art, focusing primarily on painting and
sculpture.
Miller’s latest work is abstract in composition, but
nonetheless bubbles with an organic feel that
avoids the typical coldness of the abstract
genre. The pieces seem too be in constant,
organic movement, as different voluptuous
shapes emerge and retreat around each other.
Much is left up to the viewer’s discretion here, as
one might vaguely perceive an abstract still life,
another may discern patches of fields, and
another still may see obscure, abstract shapes
and shadows.
Miller’s work continues to mature and deepen
in content and has been exhibited across the
United States.
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