Brenda Miller, a Michigan-based artist, and career graphic designer will exhibit her works from her series, “Ecology Collages,” from Oct. 19 – Dec. 11 at the Art Gallery of Mount Memorial Hall, 1 Lancer Way, Winona Lake.
Miller creates her two-dimensional collage artwork from vintage maps and the antique decorative pages from art historical texts. Her detailed application of precision-cut shapes form illusions of botanical gardens and Renaissance tapestries. Much like the assembled pieces of a quilt, each fragment displays the artist’s care for our planet as she considers how to preserve its future for our children.
Miller was inspired by her years living by the Rocky Mountains and in Michigan. “The surrounding environment has shaped my love of nature’s beauty and my interest in creating art, for which I am grateful,” said Miller. “This has contributed to my deep desire to support and protect the natural world.”
Kim M. Reiff, chair of the Visual, Performing, and Media Arts department at Grace College, is thrilled to display Miller’s art for students to learn from and enjoy.
“Through Brenda’s artwork, we see an artist in the role of caretaker,” said Reiff. “Her artwork depicts a medley of images that allows the viewer to contemplate how the individual components fit into the whole composition and, more importantly, fit into the societal conditions taking place that directly affect our fragile ecological systems. The longer the viewer looks, the more the art subtly discloses.”
