51. Miller, Cody F.
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Miller, Cody F. and Miller, Cody F.
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Most of Cody F. Millers subject matter is referenced from the Old and New Testament Scriptures. There are many other sources that inspire the way I create a biblical narrative. The writings of Flannery OConnor, Frederick Buechner, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the music of Tom Waits are all important influences in my work. They are ingredients in creating, as Ben Myers says, a horizon of this dark world where we glimpse the startling first glow of dawn, the surprising appearance of grace out of the depths.(Psalm 130:1) Cody F. Millers paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, art festivals, and museums. His work has been shown at the Toledo Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Dayton Centre Gallery, the International Arts & Music Festival in Los Angeles, the Viewpoint Gallery in Schenectady, New York, the Ohio Art League Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in Coshocton, Ohio, the Gates of Eden Gallery in Peoria, Illinois, and the Artworks Gallery in Newark, Ohio. He has also given lectures and shown his paintings at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, Grace Fellowship Church in Mansfield, Ohio, and Monroe County Community College in Monroe, Michigan. Mr. Miller is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award in 2002. He was awarded Best of Show at the Riverfront Art Festival in 2009 and Award of Merit in 2010, Third Place at the Art on the Mall Art Festival in 2009, First Place at Art by the Falls in 2004, Best of Show at the Westerville Music & Arts Festival in 2012 and 2001, First Place in Keybanks Accessible Expressions Exhibit in 2000 and Best of Show in the 1998 Exhibition. Three of his paintings were published in New Creative Collage Techniques, by Nita Leland.