Specializing in the Group of Seven and their contemporaries

Jeff Miller was introduced to Ontario's wilderness during a trip to Algonquin Park when he was thirteen. His art has grown out of canoe trips which span 60 years and include professional guiding. Some 35 years ago he put down his fly rod and picked up his brush and paints, in doing this he began to see himself "irrefutably as nature." He believes that his most important learning began to occur while paddling a canoe "at the edge where the water meets the land." His work is colourful and expressionistic with a deep love of nature that has evolved from contemplative and intimate observation over time.

He works mainly in acrylics and oils. His "bush notes ", as he calls them are quickly executed watercolours that capture the spirit of the day and form the ideas for his larger works. Other favourite subjects are Lake Superior, Georgian Bay, Killarney Park, Orillia and the Ottawa Valley. Jeff has a strong environmental sense and sees the intimate connection between wilderness protection and planet survival. Jeff is a teacher and offers workshops designed to alleviate the pressure of excellence to instead employ "our nature-ness" in the creative process. He does this from his studio near Huntsville, as well as short intimate teaching excursions to wilderness areas. His Look See Paint, The Art of Loving Nature, created 14 years ago, is now being offered in the National Parks summer programs and in schools around Ontario.

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