Self-portrait with Ghost Hat

by Tom Miller

Tom Miller is a figurative artist who uses the ancient conventions of portraiture and storytelling to explore his identity in a variety of historical contexts. His recent portraits use the ghost as a metaphor to address the power of the past over the present, pushing the premise that we are often marionettes dangling on the whimsical strings of historical puppeteers. Miller embraces the radical acceptance of observational drawing and painting coupled with expressionistic invention. His self-portraits feature the artist's brush as a symbol of rewriting history to confront and clarify multigenerational traumas impacting family and cultural narratives.