Pat Millius

Ask anyone who knows me, I rarely use words to communicate. Kinda like when I paint, I don’t use paint brushes very often. I’ll use my fingers, knuckles, knives, matchsticks, q-tips, sandpaper, and greasy napkins. Anything that happens to be within arms reach. For me it tends to be a compulsive act, maybe an act of desperation. I add layers just as often as I scrape them off, which is why I like to have a thick substrate. It sounds violent but it is not. It brings me a taste of the peace I crave, but in no way do I find it “relaxing”.
My techniques developed this way over decades. I’ve had no more control over how they have evolved than I have over the way I sneeze or the way I laugh. Yes, I do laugh when I paint.
I’ll start with a thick layer of plaster on a wood panel, usually 24” x 24” or something close. Sometimes I will introduce a glaze of universal tint and wipe or scrape away forms. Other times I will sketch out forms with pastels, and use water and/or other mediums to interact with what is there. The painting can proceed a hundred different ways from there, sometimes sealing each subsequent layer with a shellac or other clear sealer.
I consider a painting successful only if it makes me laugh. It seems so much of wha...

Art League of Cheatham County, Annual juried Art Show, 1st Place, Ashland City TN (Oct '19)

64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Il (Sept '17- Oct '17) Armstrong National 2-D competition exhibition, Savannah GA (Dec '16- Jan '17)

Armstrong National 2-D competition exhibition 2017, Savannah GA (Dec '16- Jan '17)

311 Gallery SQUARES Juried Show
People's Choice Award
Raleigh NC
November 3 - November 26, 2016

64 Arts National Juried Exhibition
Buchanan Center for the Arts
Monmouth Il
September 27 - October 29, 2016

TRAHC's 28th Annual Juried Exhibition
Texarkana Regional Arts Center Texarkana TX
(July 2016 - Aug 2016)

First LaGrange Southeast Regional, Director's Award, LaGrange GA (Feb '16 - Apr '16)

Armstrong National 2-D competition exhibition 2016, Savannah GA (Dec '15- Jan '16)

Art In The Park, Juried Art Show, 3rd prize, painting, Kingston Springs TN (Oct ’15)

Art In The Park,, Juried Art Show,1st prize, painting, Kingston Springs TN (Oct ’14)

Undone, Untitled Artist Group, Nashville TN (Nov '13)

Art In The Park, Kingston Springs TN (Oct '13)

Superstition, Untitled Artist Group, Nashville TN (March '13)
Seasonal Art Disorder, Untitled Artist Group, Nashville TN (Dec '12)
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