Renowned illustrator, portrait artist, and muralist Cliff Miller is exhibiting his body of work in The Art League of Long Island’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery through Jan. 22.
After studying at New York Phoenix School of Design, Parsons School of Design, The School of Visual Arts and The Stevenson Academy of Traditional Painting under Harold Ransom Stevenson, Miller embarked on a 25-year career as a freelance Illustrator, crafting hundreds of book covers for every major publisher in New York.
This includes such bestselling authors as Elmore Leonard, Dean Koontz, Jack Higgins, Sue Grafton, and William W. Johnstone.
His commercial clients consist of a who’s who roster of companies and brands including Miramax Films, Warner Brothers, Smirnoff, and Heineken.
Painting portraits had always been one of Miller’s strengths and loves.
He is strongly influenced by his mentor, Harold Ransom Stevenson, who was a personal student of Norman Rockwell.
Miller has painted portraits for political figures, sports stars, and corporate movers and shakers as well as a 9/11 memorial portrait which hangs on permanent display in the National 9/11 Museum in NYC.
Since the 1990s, he has been painting murals, which led to the start of his own mural company.
Miller has painted murals in local schools, private homes and businesses from the Hamptons, estates on Long Island’s Gold Coast to New York City, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
He currently resides in Seaford, giving back to the community with his many school murals.
In addition to the exhibit, Miller will be conducting an oil painting portrait workshop at the Art League on Feb. 4 an 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
In this two-day workshop Miller will guide students through a black and white oil portrait of Abraham Lincoln, first by matching the values of the photo, progressing to adjusting shadow patterns and facial elements, and culminating on day two with a how-to on proper layering technique.
This workshop accommodates all levels.
Workshop fee is $180.
Register online at www.artleagueli.org or call (631) 462-5400 x222.
The Art League of Long Island is a not-for-profit visual arts organization that offers classes and workshops for children and adults, from beginner to advanced levels.
Their art gallery hosts a dozen exhibits per year, featuring contemporary works by many local artists.
Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public from Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.
