VIRTUAL WORLD IN COLLAGE COMPUTER-ART EXHIBIT AT CEDAR CENTRE.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Computer artist Michael Miller Michael or Mike Miller may refer to:
``The infinity symbol represents the eternal and the seven represents the divine. So this is my way of just paying acknowledgment to being a messenger,'' said Miller, who wants people to pay attention to the art, not the artist. ``For me it's a process of creation. That somehow in my humble way makes me acknowledge the word.'' Miller's artwork will be shown in an exhibit titled ``Precious Moments in a Blender'' at the Cedar Centre Art Gallery, 44857 Cedar Ave. through June 29. An opening reception is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. A Quartz Hill resident and father of two, Miller works as an inspector for the city of Los Angeles
The exhibit is mostly computer generated art, but it contains a vertical collage made 30 years ago from magazine and art book pages. His computer-generated artwork can take up to 30 hours to create and 45 minutes to print. A creator of collages since age 8, Miller for the last eight years has been creating images using an Apple laptop, the latest version of Photoshop software and a Wacom drawing pad. Most of his images are purely graphic, the result of what he calls an unfolding process. ``I start off with simple geometrics ge·o·met·rics n. (used with a pl. verb) 1. Geometric qualities or properties. 2. A pattern or design characterized by the use of geometric figures: and then tweak To make minor adjustments in an electronic system or in a software program in order to improve performance. See calibrate. 1. tweak - To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. them and add layers and textures ... accenting what I like and getting rid of what I don't,'' Miller said. Miller says he knows his images are complete when they have a ``gestalt'' to them. ``It has some kind of message, whether it's subliminal subliminal /sub·lim·i·nal/ (-lim´i-n'l) below the threshold of sensation or conscious awareness. sub·lim·i·nal adj. 1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli. or obvious, that might leave somebody with some need to think,'' said Miller. ``I like to provoke people to think. I don't find people do that often. If I can make people think, I can make the world a little bit better. The gallery is open 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For more information call (661) 726-0655. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Michael Miller hopes viewers will pay attention to the computer art, not him, because he sees himself as a messenger. (2 -- color) Michael Miller used an Apple laptop, Photoshop software and a Wacom drawing pad to design the images for his collage ``Where Butterflies Come From.'' (3 -- color) Michael Miller's collage ``Nine Monkeys with Blow Torches Blow torch is a common name for a simple heating torch, which burns liquid fuel with ambient atmospheric air after vaporizing it using a coiled tube passing through the flame. In the United Kingdom the older, kerosene-fuelled, type was called a blowlamp. Running Amok
Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok (also spelled amuck or amuk in the Mall'' can be seen at the ``Precious Moments in a Blender'' exhibit in Lancaster's Cedar Centre Art Gallery. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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