Mercy, 2023

Black and white watercolor painting on Arches 140 lb. paper

7 x 5 inches

Fair Market Value: $250

Starting Bid: $175

Buy It Now: $375

JOHN C MILLER uses oil-paint on canvas or wood, and watercolor. He is from Omaha, NE. Miller earned his BFA from UNO after studying oil painting with Augustus Dunbier and Iowa-based artist Dimiter Kustev during his high-school years. Both mentors had a huge influence on him. He taught adult watercolor classes for 20 years at Joslyn Art Museum as well as 10 years prior at Omaha Metro. He also taught oil painting, watercolor and drawing classes out of his studios for 5 years at Jackson Art Works in the Old Market and then 20 Years at Hot Shops. Currently, he works in his home studio. He has had many shows over the past 45 years and has many paintings in mostly private collections. He has also produced and curated many shows over the years including the Free Male Show and the Erotic Show that alternated every other year at the Antiquarium during the 1990's. He won a Nebraska Fellowship in 1992 and an OEA Award in 2006, the inaugural year. Miller describes his work as "old school figurative expressionistic oil painting using a layered scumbling technique, colorful with high contrast. The watercolor paintings are transparent layers of paint which mimic the look of the oil paintings. Content is important to me and runs the gamete between personal to political with a bit of humor."