The glass does more than provide a left brain, right brain exercise. Its slick surface endows her painter's enamels with a high sheen. And unlike canvas and paper, which absorb color, the hard glass forces the colors to pool on the surface, only adding to their brilliance. Miller likes to mix glitter into her paints as well, and a number of the works glisten in shiny gold or silver paint. This cheerful pigmentation lends itself particularly well to Miller's playful subjects.
Food is a favorite subject.
And the flowers are just the start of her homage to fertile life. Painted borders on these paintings bloom with anatomical hearts, with feathers, with branches and with bones. Still, the best of the lot are the desert works, in which her women are lifted out of the kitchen and on into the wide world. For more information call 624-8709. Photographer Sandy Smith exhibits her Refrigerator Project through Friday, April 27 .