ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - RONALD MILLER

The quintessential blonde surfer, artist Ronald Miller believes that there is a lesson to be learned in every wave and a story in every abstract landscape and conceptual piece he paints. He was born in Del Mar, California. His favorite place is the ocean - ...for whatever reason - surfing, snorkeling, waiting for the next set at sundown.

These complex color studies and haunting vistas seem to solarize the paint palette into vibrantly contrasting colors and give unique dimension to violet shadows and saffron colored skies. His influences are sixties artist Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tapies, Rauschenberg and Chuck Close.

The artist explains his philsophy of life: It's like when you're out there on your board...you don't think about it. You rely on your instincts to get you through the curl. You either do it or you don't...nothing is half-ass. If you do it, do it well.

Miller makes his home in Phoenix, Arizona, but is perpetually aware that he is precisely four hundred forty one and a half miles from Malibu.