- Paul McMillan
- Biography
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- Paul McMillan is a self-taught
artist best known for his landscapes and still life paintings.
Paul's style ranges from classical to abstract and occasionally
included his original poetry and music as subject matter. His
artwork is strong in light, shadow and atmosphere, with deep,
rich colors. Most of Paul's paintings are created with a wet
color technique, using stand oil mixed with small amounts of
beeswax and mastic resin as a medium. This adds to the depth
and luminosity of pigments and works well for both impasto and
smooth surfaces. A very thin coat of varnish is used as a to
protect the finished painting without altering the sheen or texture.
Many of the frames for his paintings are made from scratch and
are hand carved and guild.
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- Paul is also an accomplished
sculptor specializing in portraiture and the human form. Having
a flair for detail a number of fine quality rings and jewelry
have been commissioned.
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- Music is an on going interest
that has lead Paul to composing approximately twenty musical
compositions having words and music (songs) the classical guitar
is the instrument of his choice. One of the major pursuits of
artist Paul McMillan is to include his original written words
and music in to his still life paintings as subject matter.
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- The written word is a medium
in which Paul has created several dozen poems. Paul is the author
of a book titled "Last Painter Leaves Martyrs' Lane.
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- Paul is a 1972 graduate of
Graford High School in Graford, Texas. He began pursuing art
as a profession in 1978 and has received numerous awards, including:
- 1986 -- Texas State Sesquicentennial
Artist of the Year Contest, runner-up
1986 -- Texas Sesquicentennial Bell Telephone Cover Contest,
Finalist
- 1995 -- Best of Show at Taos
Spring Arts
1999 -- Second Overall, "25th Anniversary Taos Fall Arts
Festival," Taos, NM
2001 -- First Place, "20th Annual Art Exhibit," Lewisburg
Festival of The Arts, Lewisburg, PA
- 2011 -- Jurors Choice, "Halo
Exhibit" Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2011 -- Best of Show, "37th
Annual, Westmoreland Art Nationals," Youngwood, PA
- 2011 -- Peoples Chioce, "37th
Annual, Westmoreland Art Nationals," Twin Lakes, PA
- 2011 -- Merit
Award "Hoyt Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition," New Castle,
PA
- 2012 -- Joan Swanson
Macey Award, "2012 Annual Exhibition" Pittsburgh Society
of Artists, Pgh, PA
- 2012 -- Inclusion
in the Greater Latrobe School District Special Art Collection,
Latrobe, PA
- 2013 -- Peoples
Choice "17th Annual Exhibition," Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art at Ligonier, PA
- 2013 -- Juror's
Award, "Midland Arts Council Summer Exhibition,"
Midland, PA
- 2013 -- Peoples Choice "38th
Annual, Westmoreland Art Nationals," Westmoreland Community
College, Youngwood, PA
- 2013 -- Peoples Choice "38th
Annual, Westmoreland Art Nationals," Westmoreland Art &
Heritage Festival, Twin Lakes, PA
- 2013 -- First
Place, oil/acrylic "Monroeville Arts Council 24th Art Show,"
Monroeville, PA
- 2013 -- Second
Place, "Banana Split Exhibit," Great American Banana
Split Exhibit, Latrobe Art Center , Latrobe, PA
- 2013 -- Juror's
Choice, "Sanctuary Exhibit" Pittsburgh Society of Artists,
Pittsburgh, PA
- 2014 -- Jurors
Award, "91st Annual Spring Show" Erie Art Museum, Erie,
PA
- 2014 -- Jurors
Award, Summer Exhibition, Midland Art Council, Midland , PA
- 2014 -- First Place "Art
for the Heart," Squirrel Hill Center for Rehabilitation,
Pittsburgh, PA
- 2014 -- Award, "Dia
de los Muertos Topeka Art Exhibit," Topeka, KS
- 2014 -- Award of Merit, "19th
Annual Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier
Valley, PA
- 2015 -- Jurors
Award, "92nd Annual Spring Show" Erie Art Museum, Erie,
PA
- 2015 -- Peoples Choice "41th Annual, Westmoreland
Art Nationals," Westmoreland Art & Heritage Festival,
Twin Lakes, PA
- 2016 -- NPAA Award "93rd
Annual Spring Show," Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
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- Born in Topeka, Kansas 1954,
raised in Texas. Lived in Taos, NM, Ithaca, NY, Pittsburg,
PA, Burlington VT. Paul now lives and works in Easthampton,MA,,,,
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