Sweet Mary

This was a high school graduation present for my nephew. Mary Jane loves her boy (and likes to play in the pond), so I wanted him to have a picture of her to take to college with him.

24" x 36". Acrylic.

This Year's Alumni Auction

This year's donation to my college alumni association auction was a painting of the interior of the "new" chapel on campus. It's a beautiful space that seems to defy the heaviness of the solid brick walls. The front wall is pierced by windows so the campus trees are visible beyond the walls. Behind the table is a tapestry woven by a former art professor. I love Carrier Chapel.

"Toward the Light: A View of Carrier Chapel"

9" x 12". Acrylic.

Recent Work

Two of the three pieces that I submitted to the Jackson Watercolor Society's show in the fall of 2016. The balancing stones were sold off the gallery wall. The thistle is now on my dining room wall. 

Wisdom and Light

"We study for light to bless with light."

That's the adage found on one of the stained glass windows in Orr Chapel on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. Each year the alumni association holds an auction - The Long Blue Line Auction - to support faculty grants and student scholarships. For the past couple of years I have been honored to be asked to contribute an item to be auctioned.

This year's contribution is based on that window in Orr Chapel. The seated figure is Wisdom - never a bad acquaintance. Wisdom sits on her throne and reminds those who see her of the connection between wisdom and study and light and blessing.

This is the painting - acrylic - that I created based on the window.

The window was designed and created by Lamb Studios in New York City. It serves as a memorial to Annie Coleman Peyton (1852-1898), a founding mother of what is today MS University for Women. The school was chartered in 1884 as Industrial Institute and College.

Gingko Leaves

Not too long ago, ginkgo leaves were falling everywhere... and falling in some very unusual colors! Lynn Miller Design was part of a paint-your-own picture party, an event developed to raise funds for Mississippi University for Women's local alumni chapter scholarship.

I painted two examples to provide a starting place for color and arrangement, but participants created their own designs using custom ginkgo leaf stencils. When I was approached about being part of this event, my only "requirement" was that the design allowed for lots of individuality and not everyone making a line with the same color of paint at the same time. There were as  many different compositions and color schemes as there were painters. And that's the way I like it!

There is a huge ginkgo tree on MUW's campus, and its leaves have a special place in the heart of "W" students. The paintings were all done on 16" x 20" canvases with acrylic paint.

Book Design, Too

Have a book that needs a cover design? Lynn Miller Design can help with that. Here are two books for which Lynn designed the cover (and actually wrote the text of the first and did the drawings for the second). The coloring book is published and available through Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, FL. "Strength and Beauty are in God's Sanctuary" is in production and should be available for purchase in May 2015. 

 

Can't See the Forest..Wait...Yes, You Can!

Who wouldn't want a forest on their office wall? And this forest is complete with a much-loved dachshund! We can paint on your walls, too! Your home, your office, your church. And our brushes travel if you aren't in the central Mississippi area.

Now at Interiors Market

Original work - paintings and photographs by Lynn Miller  - is now available at Interiors Market in the Woodland Hills Shopping Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Interiors Market is next door to Brent's. Like them on Facebook or go visit them in person!

Lynn's work is hanging on the gray wall just past the register as you walk in the door. Work will change monthly-ish, so if you don't see what you like on this visit, come back again.

Painted Furniture for Every Room

This television armoire was painted in the style of a stone castle. One side has a rampant lion banner, and the other a painted stained glass window. The four panels of the folding doors were painted to look like leaded windows.

The Pre-Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling...Sort Of

Before Michelangelo got hold of the Sistine Chapel ceiling it was covered with stars in a night sky.

Perhaps it didn't have a crescent moon with a smiling face, but this ceiling painting does. 

The ceiling and painting are in a front door entry.

Transforming a Room

What about a mural on one or more walls? Here a dining room goes from khaki to inspired-by-Scotland. The subject matter was chosen by the homeowner, and the colors echo other paint choices throughout the house.

And even the princess of the house, Bonnie Belle, made an appearance on the wall.

The project took about 40 hours and was painted using latex wall paint. The design was inspired by a view of Loch Ness and Castle Urquhart. Look closely and you might catch a glimpse of Nessie...

Sun, Moon and...Glass?

When the sun shines through stained glass, the light seems to burn into the new space. The sun design (right) is directly inspired by that phenomenon. The design on the left considers the lesser light of the moon. Though the moon's reflected light is softer than the sun's burn, moonlight filters down and brings a silver shine to earth's landscape. The moon design also features that dot at the top that might be Venus, the evening star, or might be an allusion to the origin of pearls. Which tale of origin do you like best: pearls are dewdrops of moonlight that fell into the ocean and were swallowed by oysters, pearls are tears of Aphrodite, pearls fell from the sky when dragons fought.

These preliminary sketch/drawings are colored pencil on laid paper. Approximate size 7" x 11".

Stained Glass Panels/Screen

These panels were originally used as doors that hid an over-the-fireplace television space. When the owner moved to a neighboring state, the panels were removed from the family room walls and are now used as a fireplace screen for a non-functioning fireplace. The design is a harlequin pattern using black and white opaque class with a cobalt blue accent diamond and border. Each panel (from edge to edge of wooden frame) is 12" x 36".

After placing the screen, the homeowner realized the concrete slab that served as the hearth also needed a make-over. A little paint and sealer and...voila...slate tiles courtesy of Lynn Miller Design. A similar concrete hearth in another room was painted to look like marble.

Liturgical Textile Work

Banners, paraments, stoles. We can help with the whole textile package for a special worship service, for a liturgical season, for a conference or workshop, for a camp or conference center. Shown below are work for previous clients.

 Textiles for Alabama-Mississippi Women's Conference 2013

Banner approximately 36" x 72". Banner has subsequently won awards in two regional quilt shows. Banner created by Lynn Miller and Myra Hester Cook. Image transfer of banner onto stole and table hanging. All fabrics 100% cotton. NFS.