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Born in Minneapolis in 1952, Bruce Miller showed
signs of artistic talent at an early age, winning his
first art contest in the second grade. Given a set
of acrylic paints for seventh grade art class, he
painted exclusively with acrylics until 1995,
when he began painting with oils.
After high school, Bruce majored in art at St.
Cloud State University and expanded his
horizons as a world traveler. He returned to
Minnesota to seriously pursue his art career in
1975. Miller experimented with a variety of
genres including portraits, landscape, abstract
and surrealism. Being an avid outdoorsman
and Eagle Scout, in 1981 he began
painting wildlife.
In 1988 he won his first national contest, Artist of
the Year for the Michigan Wildlife Art Festival.
Since then, he has become one of the most
decorated artists in the country. Having won
numerous conservation stamps, his crowning
achievements to date are winning the 1993
Federal Duck Stamp and the 1999 Ducks
Unlimited International Artist of the Year
competition. His work also has won critical
acclaim, Miller’s artwork was selected for the
Leigh Yawkey Woodson “Birds in Art”
exhibition. In 2004 and 2005 he finished third
and runner-up respectively in the Federal
Duck Stamp Competition.
Today, Bruce Miller still enjoys painting and
showing his work to various groups. This year
on the art show circuit, he went as far as the
Calgary Stampede in Alberta.
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