Tom Miller (1945 - 2000)
Biography

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Tom Miller’s screenprints, acrylic paintings and painted found object furniture are lovingly rendered in the artist’s self-described “Afro-Deco” style. His work was the subject of a major retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1995 and a memorial exhibition in 2002. Tom Miller's painted furniture and screenprints are in the collections of:

Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
American University Art Museum, Washington, DC
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Howard University Art Gallery, Washington, DC
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD
Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD
James Lewis Museum, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
David C. Driskell Center, University of MD, College Park, MD
University of Maryland, University College, Maryland Artists Collection, Adelphi, MD
Banneker Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD
National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD
Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY
Stevenson University Art Gallery, Stevenson, MD
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD
Chase Brexton Health Services, Baltimore, MD
and numerous corporate and private collections.


Publications:

A TOM MILLER RETROSPECTIVE: DECORATED FURNITURE, The Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, exhibition catalog, 1995. (Sold Out)

CAN A COAL SCUTTLE FLY?, Children’s book written by Camay Calloway Murphy and illustrated by Tom Miller, published by the Maryland Historical Society, 1996. ($14.00)

Tom Miller screen prints are published and distributed exclusively by Steven Scott Gallery. A portion of the proceeds of the sales of these screenprints benefits Chase Brexton Health Services, Baltimore, MD, as per the artists last wishes.



Summer in Baltimore,1994
color screenprint, 24.5" x 32"
edition of 195
$900





Maryland Crab Feast,1994
color screenprint, 24 1/2 x 32”
edition of 195
$900





The National Aquarium in Baltimore,1996
color screenprint, 19 x 34”
edition of 75
$900





Rockin’ at Heaven’s Gate,1994
acrylic on wooden rocking chair, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 31”
Private Collection





Legacy House, 1997
Acrylic on paperboard
40 x 40" framed in black wood"





Sea Nymphs (Wanda and Towanda) 1995
Acrylic on wood with brass and metal
42 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 18 3/4"





Mama's Little Rock and Roll Baby, 1991
Acrylic on wood child's rocking chair with resin, bells, patent leather shoes and cotton socks 
26 x 14 x 20"
Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art,
Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in Memory of the Artist





Swannee River (Night and Day)
Oil enamel on wood folding screen, double sided
68 high x 82" wide (width variable)
Signed and dated T. Miller 84, lower right
1984






Afro Deco Revisited
Enamel on wood
32 x 42 x 18"
1991
Private collection, Long Island, NY





Ascension
Enamel on wood with clock
50.5 x 28 x 14" 1991
Private collection, California






Curious Cabinet
Enamel on wood
65 x 24 x 21.5"
1991
Meyerhoff Collection, Baltimore, MD






Walk Like an Egyptian
Acrylic with resin on wood with shoes
43.5 24 x18"
1993
Private collection, Baltimore, MD






Mardi Gras King
Acrylic with resin on wood with bells
43 x 18.5 x17"
1993
Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in memory of the artist






Nefertiti's Hutch
Enamel with resin on wood corner cabinet
76 x 32 x25"
1992
Private collection. New York






HOWEVER FAR THE STREAM FLOWS, IT NEVER FORGETS ITS SOURCE
40 x 40 foot Mural at corner of Harford and North Avenues, Baltimore, MD, 1991
Subsequently restored and repainted twice in the 2000s. This image is the original from 1991
Commissioned by the City of Baltimore, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, 1991


The Artist in His Baltimore Studio, photographs by Linda Day Clark, 1991

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