Scott Miller

I am an abstract artist working in the GeoFlow style—for the most part, anyway. Living smack dab in the middle of California's Gold Country, every piece I create is packed with vibrant color, a healthy supply of gold, and unapologetic textures, lumps, and bumps. My work is an ongoing wrestling match between raw, fluid movement and sharp geometric structure, built to catch the changing daylight and refuse to sit quietly on a wall.

One of my absolute favorite rituals is pouring a fresh mug of morning coffee, pulling up a chair in front of whatever canvas is in progress, and simply letting my mind wander for five, ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes. I’ll just sit there taking it all in—daydreaming about the things that could be, the things it will be, and, inevitably, all the glorious mistakes I’m about to make once the paint starts moving.

I certainly didn’t come through fancy art academies, and nobody is ever going to hire me for classical portraiture. My perspective was forged across decades of distinct worlds and dirty hands: deep-water Navy sailor, shallow-water fisherman, river rat, desert wanderer, mountain man, and redwood forest keeper. If an environment was rugged, wild, or prone to sudden weather shifts, I probably spent ti...

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