Peta Miller works as a full time artist based in Fremantle Western Australia.
Of her work Peta says:
‘My art is primarily informed by the Australian Landscape and the port city of Fremantle where I live.
I am trying to convey the essence of place rather than a realistic likeness.
I am interested in what stays in your mind after coming home. Sometimes it is just the white cockatoos against the blue of the sky, the shadow of the boab trees on the red earth or perhaps the play of negative and positive shapes of the cranes as they cut the Fremantle sky.
I generally move from a realistic to a more abstract image. In particular I like to push the boundaries of colour shape and tone.
I use a range of materials but primarily acrylic paint, pastels, oil sticks and charcoal on wood or canvas. I also like to experiment with ways of applying paint using homemade stencils, linocuts and any tools that make interesting marks.’