Art Chowder September | October 2016, Issue 5 | Page 16

Stan
Miller
What are some of the
most meaningful responses you have had to your
work?
I was recently told on Facebook,
that my work in this viewer’s
eyes would change the world. Of
course that’s an exaggeration, but
I like the idea. Someone else told
me that my work had spirituality,
peacefulness, quietness...I like
hearing that.
Is there anything I didn’t
ask that you would like
to share with our readers
about yourself, your work
or your process?
The readers might like to know
that I teach workshops in painting
all over the world. I love teaching
nearly as much as I love painting.
I recently returned from Quindao,
China where my work was exhibited with a number of artists from
all over the world at the Quindao
Museum of Art. We were also
invited to demonstrate and lecture at the Quindao Newspaper
Group lecture hall in Quindao. In
2014 I was invited to teach and exhibit in Hanoi, Vietnam (Military
television interviewed me, asking
me what I thought of Vietnam
today) and in 2013 in Thailand.
The love of the arts in these Asian
countries is amazing. At a reception in Bangkok, Thailand, nearly
a thousand people attended the
opening, with two tv stations
reporting. The average age of
those coming to this watercolor
painting exhibition was probably
25 or 30 years of age. I felt the
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same appreciation for the arts in
Vietnam and China. As a professional artist in these countries,
one is seen as a master of the arts,
a celebrity, with everyone wanting to take your photo, get your
autograph. Nearly unreal the way
the artist is treated in Asia. France
has been good to me as well. Two
years ago while teaching a workshop south of Paris, two reporters
drove down from Paris and spent
two days photographing me and
our workshop, publishing an article in the magazine “Pratique Des
Arts”. I think I’m more known in
France then in the U.S.

Where can we see and find out
more about your work?
Everyone is invited to come to my home
exhibition in early December here in
Spokane. The attendance has dropped
over the years so I’m hardly worried about
too many people showing up. Also, as
soon as I finish a painting I post it on
Facebook. One is also welcome to call me
for an appointment and come to my home
to see my work. I’m not in any galleries.
My website is www.stanmiller.net for
contact and exhibition information.

www.stanmiller.net