Fine Art

by Miles Nature

The Door Series
This project serves as a chronological record of my progress as an artist, the duration of which, will last a lifetime. I play with the conceptual meanings of a door as much as the mediums themselves. Painting, music, writing, web design... are all fair game. These pieces were last exhibited in June, 2006 (details below).
Drawings
Most of these magic marker and pen drawings are derived from sketchbooks created circa 1997. The first image in this album, "Post 911" (pictured left), was in direct response to the Septmeber 11, 2001 attacks.
Black & White Drawings
A miscellaneous collection largely comprised of vine charcoal on paper drawings. The vine charcoal medium (acquired from Beginning Drawing I in college) became the impetus for the decision to devote my life to art.
Paintings
Acrylic and magic marker paintings on canvus. "Microchip City" (pictured left) was a study in 2 point perpective.
Collage
Fun with old National Geographic magazines.

Biography

Born

Waukesha, Wisconsin 1969

Education

Miles is a largely self-taught artist.

Exhibitions

Two separate group shows
Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley CA
circa 1996
Participant in the 7'Th Annual Junk Art Competition and Exhibition
YWCA, 1515 Webster St., Oakland CA
1999
Art Show & Short Film Festival - More Info - Photos of The Show!
Rock Paper Scissors Collective, 2278 Telegraph St., Oakland CA
June 2 - 30, 2006.

Experience

Freelance artist, (2 years experience)
Hand-painted custom tailored designs on leather bomber and biker jackets. Reproduced artwork freehand from photographs of aircraft, patches, assorted paraphernalia from the World War II era, cartoons, albumn covers etc.
Picture framer, (2 years experience)
Responsibilities included; Designing of attractive, archival solutions for customers framing needs, Cutting and decorating mat boards (with French lines, gold leaf and or painted bevels, fabric wraps etc.), Handling specialized museum and crystal view glass, Mounting pictures and artwork up to 4x8 feet with either hot or cold presses, Chopping and joining frames, Final picture assembly
Advertising Design, (3½ years experience)
Coordinated products, copy, size, and pricing (utilizing Macintosh desktop publishing programs, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator) according to information received from the appropriate sources, Ensured mailing distributors received the ads on schedule

Work Experience

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Currently

He is engaged in several collaborative (and solo) artistic endeavors involving fine art, music, film, and computers with artists throughout the bay area.

Artist's Statement

Art is a meditation. It's a means of exploration, of time travel, of enlightenment...a discipline that calls me.

My approach is frequently one of complete improvisation (doodling if you will), each move building on the last, creating different kinds of movement both conceptual and visual. It's about intuitive decision-making...the seismograph of the subconscious.

I am partial to simple, bold, graphic images but enjoy incorporating realism, abstract, and non-objective...even within the same work of art (multi-mutations upon mutations).