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Biography
 Denise Oyama Miller was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved to California
in 1960. She now lives in Fremont, California with her husband. They have two married sons
and three grandchildren. Denise spent 30 years working for Kaiser Permanente in
the Information Technology area before retiring to work on her art full-time.
She
completed her formal education at the University of California at
Berkeley with a degree in mathematics. She is a self-taught artist.
Her work has won many awards and has been included in many
public and private collections. Her work can be seen
at
Alexander's Fine Art
in
Pleasanton,
California,
Gallery Concord
in Concord,
California,
and
Valley Art
Gallery
in Walnut
Creek,
California. She is a member of
Artists 7, a women's
art group
that travels together and shows their work throughout Northern
California. She is also a member of the California Watercolor Association, Fremont Art
Association, Klamath Falls Art Association and Livermore Art Association.
Read about
Denise in
the Tri City
Voice.
Artist's Statement
When I took up watercolors in 1992, I immediately became hooked on the beautiful
transparent colors that are possible in this medium. I also began exploring in other media,
such as pastels, collage, mixed media, and acrylics. I love trying out new techniques and
applying them to images that I find interesting. I am particularly interested in representational
images from nature, such as landscapes, florals and animals. I am inspired by the colors and
textures of
the natural
world. I
love the
challenge of
trying to
capture
moments in
time when
the light
casts
beautiful
shadows and
the colors
glow.
 My paintings are my impressions of the subject matter, rather than exact copies of photographs.
I always have my sketch book and my camera close by to help me take pictorial notes of where
I have been and what I have felt on my travels.
While I have been working on developing my skills in the painting mediums,
I also love to work in textiles, which I have done most of my life.
When I work in textiles, I focus on art quilts, complex cloth, wearable art, and soft sculptures.
In its most simple form, thread is basically a line, and I am fascinated by the
complex designs that can be accomplished with line. |
