Treg Miller (b. 1970, South Bend, Indiana) is a renowned visual artist, and professional PGA golf instructor. As an artist, his work locates creativity at the intersection of humans, happiness and the world around us. Taking in the data of our daily surroundings as primary material, Miller offers radical visualizations of our experiential memories and expands the possibilities of the arts, architecture, narrative, and the body in motion. From Miller’s site-specific public art works in McKinney, Texas to his commissioned paintings on canvas sold privately all over the world, Miller’s works take many forms, while encouraging us to rethink our engagement with the physical world, our collective experience, and the potential power of machines in the future.

 

Miller’s contemporary modern art style is abstract, bold and rich in color. He sees the world as a collection of colors and shapes. Miller’s art features paper, foam and wood precisely cut and sculpted onto canvas or wood panels. Hard edge lines are created by using a pencil, ruler, tape, and glue. This allows Miller to capture two dimensional work on a flat surface. Miller is attracted to everyday objects and the vast physical geography of America. Miller was raised in the Midwest, moved to the west coast as a teenager in California, went to college both in Texas to play golf and California to study art and after his marriage moved to Montana where they raised their two daughters. During his time in Montana Miller decided to pick up the paintbrush more often than a golf club (although he has used his clubs to make art). The big skies of Montana enabled Miller to find joy in painting ordinary everyday objects in bright and bold colors that focus primarily on the line and shape of things. Miller moved back to Texas to find a bigger audience for his art.