WHEN
APR 21 — MAY 24, 2023
Open Daily 10 AM ― 4 PM
San Juan Artists
WHERE
ArtSpring
100 Jackson Avenue
WHAT
Opening Reception
APR 21 | 5:00 ― 7:00 PM
Artist Panel 1
APR 22 | 10:30 AM
SALT SPRING ARTS
APR 14 – APR 30, 2023
Open Daily 10 AM – 5PM
Mahon Hall
Southern Gulf Island Artists
Artist Panel 2
APR 22 | 2:00 PM
Archipelago ⏤ Contemporary Art of the Salish Sea
A cultural exchange between the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada, and the San Juan Islands of Washington State, USA. In collaboration with the San Juan Islands Museum of Art, and Salt Spring Arts.
Artist ⏤ Joe Miller
Tree Think, 2019
Oil on linen
55″ x 60″
Sea Plane, 2010
Oil on linen
55″ x 49″
Salish Seascape, 2013
Oil on linen
55″ x 49″
Through and Under, 2016
Oil on linen
49″ x 47″
Constellation, 2014
Oil on linen
40″ x 32″
Cumulus, 2015
Oil on panel
40″ x 32″
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
As a young child, Joe Miller watched his mom draw with pastels in soft blues, pale earthy yellows, and dry reds. As a teen, he loved his high school’s only art class: mechanical drawing. In college, Joe enrolled in Fine Arts. He completed his first oil painting in 1959, launching his career as a painter.
After schooling, Joe moved to Moab, Utah. He painted and drew out in the desert and in his studio in town. During that time, he traveled a bit to NYC and San Francisco, seeing shows of paintings at galleries and museums. From contact with the artist Alan Gussow, he received some grants and shows.
Joe met Dana Roberts, married and in 1983 moved to San Juan Island. They moved into a cabin in the forest, where they both painted and lived. Eventually, they enlarged the cabin into two separate studios and then built a small separate home on the property, where they still paint and live
