Porter Sunset, oil on canvas, 16” x 40”,
Edward “Bear” Miller
Corscaden Barn, Keene Valley, NY “My hope is always that the canvas I am working on will graduate to become pure poetry of the spirit. That said, I generally settle for fresh, gritty landscape paintings with soul. Like an alert swimmer stroking and exploring the tones and textures of a beloved lake or river, I plunge into September Spreadeagle, oil on canvas, 20” x 30” and meditatively process the colors and currents that I encounter as I paint. This year’s batch of finished canvases explores familiar scenes around our house on Beede Road in Keene Valley. My pieces originate in the realist impulses of Gustave Corbet and Robert Henri, but they strive for the abstractions of Arthur Dove and the immediacy of John Marin. After ten years of teaching high school history, I recently decided to become a full-time painter. Washington, D.C. is my home, but Chapel Pond is the center of my universe.” —BEAR MILLER
Tripod Brook. oil on canvas, 16” x 24” 62 • Fine Art Magazine • Fall 2009
Trinity Falls (IV), oil on canvas, 24” x 32”
September Brothers, oil on canvas, 7” x 10”