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Nick Miller , English, b.1962

Title

From Cogan's Shed

Date2004

MediumOil on linen

Dimensions

183 x 214 cm

Signedlower right: NICK MILLER 2004

Credit LinePurchased, 2018

Object numberNGI.2018.31

DescriptionHaving moved to Ireland from England in 1984, Miller has lived in Sligo since 1992. He is intimately familiar with the landscape and topography of the north-west, and vigorous in recording it in oils. Instinctive and impulsive, Miller prefers to work directly from the motif, a practice that lends his work a striking immediacy. With the assistance of his long-time friend, neighbour and fellow artist Barrie Cooke, Miller acquired a 13-foot box truck in 1997, which served as a mobile studio. Old and slow, it had a very small range, and the subjects Miller painted from it , framed by the rear loading door, fell within a range of about 15 miles of his home. Over time, he began to allow the studio environment to encroach upon the picture plane, with the result that his landscapes, From Cogan's Shed among them, frequently featured frames within painting.
ProvenanceArtist's collection.Exhibition HistoryNew Perspectives. Acquisitions 2011 - 2020, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 11 May - 2 August 2021