Sound of the Coast

“I try to paint the stillness of the now, with all it’s sound,” Millard explains. Millard’s landscapes are personal—yet their power resides in the fact that they hold a universal resonance. She presents paintings that are calm and considered alongside paintings that are unhesitating and visceral. The first group reflects the artist’s practice in its most sensitive and process-driven form.

Layer upon layer of paint underpins soft compositions, so delicately rendered that one suspects they could dissolve before our eyes.  In the second group, the brushstroke is swifter, more urgent. If Millard paints sound, then these works are the crescendo—bursting with raw vibrancy and energy.