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Bruce Miller
Bruce MillerBorn in Minneapolis in 1952, Bruce Miller showed signs of artistic talent at an early age,  Given a set of acrylic paints for seventh grade art class, he painted exclusively with acrylics until 1999, when he began painting with oils.

After high school, Bruce majored in art at St. Cloud State University and expanded his horizons as a world traveler. He returned to Minnesota to seriously pursue his art career in 1975. Miller experimented with a variety of genres including portraits, landscape, abstract and surrealism. Being an avid outdoorsman and Eagle Scout, in 1981 he began painting wildlife.

Achievements Begin In 1988 he won his first national contest, Artist of the Year for the Michigan Wildlife Art Festival and since has won over 50 awards and been featured at several major art shows in the country. He has won 23 conservation stamps including the 1993 Federal Duck Stamp and the 2007 Texas Duck Stamp. And was named  the 1999 Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Artist of the Year in 2002.  Miller's work has generated over $10,000,000 for conservation. His work also has won critical acclaim, being selected for the Leigh Yawkey New Studio Woodson “Birds in Art” exhibition.  His painting recently won an Award of Excellence at the Natureworks art show in Tulsa.
In 1999, Miller was moved by some  art he saw at The Russian Museum of Art. He decided to switch to oil and attempt to paint in the impressionistic manner. His work continues to evolve after 4 years of intense study, from 2000-2004. He studied composition, value and color for the first time! Each morning from 8-10 am, Miller would read art books on the principles of good painting, and study the work of artists he admired.
Now he takes this knowledge, and the information he continues to learn and tries to create better paintings. He paints with oils on Belgian linen canvas for the larger pieces and Masonite for the small ones. He feels fortunate to be a professional artist for the last 25 years.
 
 
 
Lifestyle and Comment Thank you for visiting my site! The first half of the year I generally do wildlife paintings with a focus on the organizations I work with, such as the National Wild Turkey Federation and DU.  By June, I should be getting into landscapes, this year I am doing some Montana landscapes and will also be painting my native Minnesota.
My passions outside of art are bird and duck hunting and fly fishing. I will fly fish for anything I can, but my favorite sport is doing a canoe float and fly fishing for smallmouth bass with popper flies. My family and I are fortunate to live on Lake Minnetonka, west of Minneapolis. We enjoy the lake, with swimming, fishing, boating, and sitting on the deck enjoying the view. Its Deb and I,  Maycelle-11 and Matt-9.  Gus, my black lab, and Charlie the cat. Thank you for your interest in my work.
 
 
 
 

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Bruce Miller  |  BRUCE MILLER FINE ART 

3964 Enchanted Lane, Mound, MN 55346 |  952-495-1007

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