Waukesha, Wisconsin 1969
Miles is a largely self-taught artist.
Two group shows at the Mediterraneum Caffe
(2475 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley CA), circa 1996.
Participant in the 7'Th Annual Junk Art Competition and Exhibition
at the YWCA (1515 Webster St., Oakland CA), in 1999.
Hand-painted custom tailored designs on leather bomber and biker jackets. Reproduced artwork freehand from photographs of aircraft, patches, assorted paraphernalia from the World War II era, cartoons, albumn covers etc.
Responsibilities included;
Designing of attractive, archival solutions for customers framing needs,
Cutting and decorating mat boards (with French lines, gold leaf and or painted bevels, fabric wraps etc.),
Handling specialized museum and crystal view glass,
Mounting pictures and artwork up to 4x8 feet with either hot or cold presses,
Chopping and joining frames, Final picture assembly
Coordinated products, copy, size, and pricing (utilizing Macintosh desktop publishing programs, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, and Illustrator) according to information received from the appropriate sources, Ensured mailing distributors received the ads on schedule
He is engaged in several collaborative (and solo) artistic endeavors involving fine art, music, film, and computers with artists throughout the bay area.
Art is a meditation. It's a means of exploration, of time travel, of enlightenment...a discipline that calls me.
My approach is frequently one of complete improvisation (doodling if you will), each move building on the last, creating different kinds of movement both conceptual and visual. It's about intuitive decision-making...the seismograph of the subconscious.
I am partial to simple, bold, graphic images but enjoy incorporating realism, abstract, and non-objective...even within the same work of art (multi-mutations upon mutations).
