Rest Area

Movement #2.
Mixed Media
Toilet Seat Scale
2008

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The Parking Lot.

These are a couple of my toy car paintings that are made with Die-cast toy cars. Each painting weighs about 60 to 70 pounds and uses about 2000 toy cars per canvas. (72" X 54").

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SigAlert

Car Spangled Banter

Painting showing scale

sCARab

Otto Domingo

All American

Current Artist Statement:

My art work is a vehicle for exploring perception using stylized abstractions and base materialism to communicate with a global audience.

Artist Bio:

Derek Miller – Wichita, Kansas

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute - 2005

Exhibitions/Media:

2009 - Vanishing Point - Go Away Garage - Wichita, Kansas (May 29th)

2009 - Oil Spots - Solo exhibition - C.A.F.E. Gallery _ Wichita, Kansas (Current)

2008 - The Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition - City Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2008 - Reimaging - group - Inter-Faith Ministries C.A.F.E. Gallery, Wichita, Kansas

2008 - All's Fair in Art and Politics - group - Erma B White Gallery, El Dorado, Kansas

2008 - Outsider Artists - group exhibition - City Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2007 – 2008 Art Commute - (Youtube, Yahoo, World Wide Web, stop motion animation.)

2007 – Art Commute - KTLA Television, Los Angeles – National syndicated show, The Cyberguy.

2006 – 2008 - Drop Zones - Public Art installation in Kansas City & Wichita, Kansas.

2007 – 2008 - Drop Zones – World Wide Web – stop motion animation.

2006 – Art in Democracy - national group exhibition – Raise Your Voices, Warrensburg, Missouri.

2006 – Parking Out Back - solo exhibition, St Michaels Episcopal church, Mission, Kansas

2005 – 2006 Drive and Eat - solo exhibition – Dada’s Bistro, Crossroads Art district, Kansas City, Missouri.

Kudos & Affiliations:

VFW Member

National Dean’s List Alumni

Phi Theta Kappa Alumni

Gold Key Scholarship – Wichita, Kansas 1986

Suburban Art

Extra Virgin Hot Wheels

Painting Creation/Destruction

Here is a short tube of my work in action. Sometimes I can tell when my paintings are not going to work, and this is a painting that I tore down. I ended up re-stretching the canvas and creating Extra Virgin Hot Wheels with the salvaged cars.

Other Paintings, Drawings, etc ...

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War On Words
2002
Toy Soldiers on Thesaurus Pages

Wickedass
Drawing 2003
Charcoal on paper
42" x 54"

Untitled
2003
Oil on canvas
36" x 42"

Untitled
Drawing 2003
18" x 24"

Untitled
2002
Oil on Canvas
30" x 36"

Untitled 2002
Ink on Paper
42" x 54"

Collision
2004
Mixed Media
48" x 60"

Untitled
2002
Ink on paper
42" x 54"

Untitled
2002
Charcoal on Paper
42" x 54"

Finger Lickin' #2
2003
Oil on canvas
54" x 72"

Untitled Study
2002
Oil on Paper
24" x 24"

Untitled Study
2002
Oil on Paper
7" x 13"

Aquatint
2002
Print
8" x 12"

Nude on a Platform
2002
Print
14" x 32"

Print - 2002

Print - 2002

Monoprint - 2002

Print - 2002

Transformation #59/63
2003
Oil on canvas
18" x 24"

Untitled Study
2002
Oil on paper
14" x 20"

Untitled
2003
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 36"

Transformation on Wood #3/8
2003
Acrylic on Wood
20" x 26"

Transformation #17/63
2003
Oil on Canvas
30" x 36"

Transformation on Wood #1/8
2003
Acrylic on Wood
14" x 18"

Transformation #49/63

2003
Oil on Canvas
54" x 72"

Transformation #61/63

2003
Oil on Canvas
54" x 72"

Transformation #18/63
Dyptich - 2003
Oil on Canvas
84" x 48"

Moe
Triptych - 2003
Oil on Canvas
54" x 72"
(Manny Moe & Jack 162" x 72")

Manny
Triptych - 2003
Oil on Canvas
54" x 72"
(Manny, Moe & Jack 162" x 72")

Transformation #12/63
2003
Oil on Canvas
42" x 48"

Mr. Clean
2003
Oil on Canvas
54" x 72"

2001
Ceramic Mask
Mask Size

Holy Smokes
2004
Gouache on paper
18" x 24"

Vulcan Arms
2003
Oil on canvas
54" x 72"

2000 -2001
Getting back into the swing of things.
Academic samples

2000 -2001
Getting back into the swing of things.
Academic samples

Picasso Chess
2001
Ceramic
24" x 24" x 6"

2000 -2001
Getting back into the swing of things.
Academic samples
Ceramic Pinch balls
Basketball to softball size

2000 -2001
Getting back into the swing of things.
Academic samples
18" x 24"

2000 -2001
Getting back into the swing of things.
Academic samples
18" x 24"

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