Photography | PENNSYLVANIA Aleatoric
Photographer J. Coleman Miller
Surreal and magical images come to life in Miller’s work.
ARTIST BIO
As a lifelong artist and musician from Pennsylvania who works primarily in photography, J. Coleman Miller has worked in the portrait, fashion and product industry since 1986. Also a graphic artist and expert Photoshop technician, Miller makes fine portraits of over six thousand preschool children every year in Houston, Texas, and his In Focus Photography has raised large amounts of money for Houston early-learning programs over the last 20 years. At home, original art surrounds the artist in the form of his collection of giclee and inkjet photographic prints, handmade furniture, intricate tile and mosaics, great dishes from the kitchen and modern original rock music from the studio with his band SiennaBlu.
An expert in photography and a highly creative individual, Miller has taken his photographic artwork to a new level: aleatory. Fascinated by the great masters of the early 20th century, particularly the Dadaist movement, Miller’s art work began to take on an aleatoric feel based upon the few Dadaist masters who used chance methods in the commission of their works. Fine art photographer J. Coleman Miller has now created a new twist on aleatoric composition: When Miller photographs the swirling colors of Koi and reflections that dance on the rippling surface of a clear pond, surreal and magical images come to life in every form.
A chance encounter with the Earth’s most common element has led this artist down this previously undiscovered aleatoric photography path. His method of finding other-worldly subjects in the chaos of moving water has become second
nature for J. Coleman Miller, and his truly unique approach has rendered some of the most compelling images in the world of contemporary art. Although he tried to disguise the water with Photoshop effects to confuse potential imitators at first, Miller has now “come out” to the art world with new pieces that proudly divulge the strange technique which brings the aleatoric madness to life. Now the ripples, reflections and swirling fish below the surface of the tiny Koi pond he uses to capture each of his strangely beautiful works are on display for all to see.
Most of the limited edition photographs are beautifully presented as gloss laminated inkjet prints, and a few are done using plexi on polished aluminum. All works are signed and numbered by the artist in limited editions of 25.
Miller’s truly unique approach has rendered some of the most compelling images in the world of contemporary art…ripples, reflections, swirling fish.
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