Bruce Miller (Born in 1952) was born in Minneapolis. He showed signs of artistic talent at an early age. He was given a set of acrylic paints for 7th grade art class and he fell in love with acrylics. Miller painted exclusively using acrylics until 1999, when he began painting with oils. This was after he was moved by some art he saw at The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. He switched to oil and attempt to paint in the impressionistic manner. After completing his high school, he joined St. Cloud State University where he majored in art and expanded his horizons as a world traveler. In 1975, he returned to Minnesota to seriously pursue his art career. The artist experimented with a variety of genres including landscape, portraits, surrealism and abstract. Being an Eagle Scout and avid outdoorsman, he began painting wildlife in 1981. In 1988, Miler won his first national contest, Artist of the Year Award, for the Michigan Wildlife Art Festival.
Since then he has become one of the country’s most celebrated artists. And having won several conservation stamps, his crowning achievements to date are winning the Federal Duck Stamp in 1993 and the Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year competition in 1999. His art has also won critical acclaim, and was selected for the Leigh Yawkey Woodson “Birds in Art” exhibition. In 2004 he finished 3rd in the Federal Duck Stamp Competition, and in 2005 he was the runner-up. His passions outside of art are duck and bird hunting, and fly fishing. He also teaches painting workshops because he enjoys passing on his knowledge to others.
