ARTWORK



Miller dabbled in art in his youth.  Scribbly two-dimensional abstract designs and color drawings using whatever was in reach (pencil or pen), and always executed under
the influence.  Since 2007, now long since sober and clean, Miller has been
re-rendering the most inspired of these on a larger scale, primary using
water color.  In 2010 he began to paint new works as well.

Laurence calls his style "Botanical Script" and is quick to admit though highly
inspired, he is an amateur with no formal training.

In 2010 he began an extended coop project with his twin brother, Benjamin Miller, called
THE COLOR OF WATER.  Laurence videotaped his painting process using an arial
camcorder mount, then edited the raw footage in a surreal visual presentation
with Benjamin's ambient industrial soundtrack. Glimpses into these short
experimental films can be seen on Laurence's YouTube Film Channel
THINK FIRST ASK LATER along with his other experimental short films.


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"SUNKEN  GARDENS"
January 2010
Watercolor, Gouache, and Sharpies
24" x 18"

A full blown exaggeration of the view from his bedroom.




"SITTING  DOG"
Spring 2008
Watercolor and Gouache
24" x 18"

An abstract body profile from the perspective of the left side.




"WHAT,  IN  BLAZES"
Dec 2009/Jan 2010
Watercolor, Gouache, and Sharpies
18" x 24"


An upward serge of events



"GRACE NOTES or THIS SIDE OF TEXAS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE"
January 2010
Watercolor and sharpies over a light scan enlargement of the original, covered in shellac
10" x 8"

 Noodles in form.



"PROFILE HEAD"


January 2010
Watercolor and Sharpies painted directly over
a lightly scanned B&W dupe enlargement of the original
11" x 15"


Left-hand side profile of a man's face








"AN EYE ON YOU"  or  "PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE"
January 2010
Watercolor
16" x  23"



This began as a wash for another piece. Then, people began to appear, standing around.



"Wd."
January 2010
Watercolor, Gouache, and Sharpies
15" x 9.5"

 

The Initials




"CLIFFS  OF  MADNESS"
January 2010
Pencil, Watercolor, Gouache, and Sharpies
18" x 24"


Echoing curtailment, spiraling over the edge




"THE  TRANSCENDING  WORD"  or  "THE GOD PARTICLE"
February 2010
Watercolor, Gouache, and Sharpies
15" x 11"

The concept behind this painting came to him while in church, 2008.




"OPTILLUSION"
 February/March  2010
Watercolor and Gouache
24" x 18"

NOTE: The original color drawing was used for the cover of his oddball CD,
TURN A LEFT, AND DOWN THE HALL.


About face




"DUMBSTOUNDED"
 March/April  2010
Watercolor and Gouache
18" x 24"


Pointing the finger, trying to think, trying to speak




"ATOMIC AURORA AURA"
April/May 2010
Pencil, Watercolor paint and Gouache
11" x 15"


Blast off, re-ignition, exhaust




"SKY-IVY"
August/September 2010
Watercolor and sharpies
24" x  18"



This image came to Laurence one day summer 2010.
It soon became evident that clouds may have an electrical center of gravity.




"UNDERWATER"
October/November 2010
Watercolor
32" x  23"




This is taken from a sketch Laurence drew in art class during college, Boston fall 1973.

 


"FLICKING"
January/February 2011
Gouache
24" x 18"


 

 
"THE MARINER"
February/March 2011 - finished January 2012
Watercolor
24" x 18"


A book cover to a book called THE MARINER, I saw in a dream.
 





"INSIDE  THE  GINGER  STORY"
March thru September 2008
Watercolor paint and pencil, Sharpies, and Gouache
24" x 18"


A slice in time saves nine




"CRYSTAL  LACE"
Spring 2007 (worked on & off thru) March 2008
Watercolor paint and pencil, Sharpies, and Gouache
18" x 24"

erotic imagery




"EMPOOL / ALMIGHTY  RETROSPECT  MIND-SCAPE DARLING"
(Now That's Using His Head)
April 2007
Watercolor, Gouache, Sharpies, and construction paper
15" x 22"



Sometimes thoughts have their own weather system



"STACEY"
February 2007
10" x 11"

From the cartoon NAD & STACEY from which original sections were
featured in Miller's short film, NAD & STACEY


Use your words.




"Psychlone Clopse"
April 2007
Watercolor and Sharpies
Approx. 20" x 11"

 




Mechanical Drawings of 1986
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"EXPERIMENT  IN  GRAVITY" #1
Spring 1986
(True Pen & Ink)
10" x 15"



This is an original, not a rerendered piece, executed during art class.


"EXPERIMENT  IN  GRAVITY" #2
 Spring 1986
(True Pen & Ink)
8.5" x 11"


A 2nd attempt at the same concept, for extra credit.  A bit congested, Miller says.



"SELF  PORTRAIT"
May/June 1986
(True Pen & Ink)
11" x 8.5"



This design was used as cover art for THE EMPTY SET'S first record sleeve.





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"SELF  PORTRAIT"
May/June 1971
Oil
14" x 14"


16 and miserable, executed during art class. The four symbols in each corner
had "special inner meaning", but we won't go there.




AND HIS FIRST KNOWN DRAWING ...

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