Tom Miller's Upslope Portraits

Throughout my life from early childhood through my professional career I have always been drawing and painting. I have always loved "taking a line for a walk" (Paul Klee), and putting colors on canvas. When I retired in the fall of 2015 I decided to learn the art of screen printing. Screen printing is a perfect medium to combine line, color, and make multiples of an image.

To learn the process of screen printing I decided to print 10 portraits of people I have met at my favorite waterihg hole - Upslope. By now I have printed over 100 and the Portrait Project has taken on a life of its own. I have been using two different types of color processes: CMYK (reproduces full-color artwork) and Posterization (poster-like reproductions having solid tones or colors). The Upslope Portrait Project will continue as long as I keep visiting my favorite watering hole.

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."
- Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Alex and Gloria	Alex and Lizzy	Alex and Lizzy	Andrea	Andrew	Andrew and Lori	Andy
Ann	Anthony and Becca	Brad, Buster and Emily	Chad	Chad	Chad Pieper	Charlie
Charlie	Charlie	Chris	Chris	Chrissie	Chuck	Csonka
Dan and Abby	Dan and Marian	Dan	Daniel	Dany	Dave and Mary Ann	Dave
David	Eric	Eric	Erin	Erin	Gail	Gail
Garian	Geoff and Emily	Griffin	Henry	Henry	HK and Jennifer	Jackie
Jack	Ja'mal	Jamba	Jeff	Jess	Jill and Skip	Jim and Pamela
Jim and Pamela	Joey and Micah	Justin	Kate	Kat	Keith	Kelsey
Ken and Shannon	Kim and Lee Anne	Kristin	K T	Kurt	Kyle	Kyle
Larry	Laura	Lauren	Lauren	Lindsey	Mark	Matt
Michaele	Molly and Derek	Nick and Nicole	Nico and Mike	Nicole, Jackson Hunter and Johnny	Pam and Peter	Ray and Jamie
Rick	Rick	Roberto	Samantha	Sam	Sam	Sara, Adeline and Rob
Steve	Steve	Suz	Tamas	Taylor	Taylor	Ted
Tennessee Dave	Theresa	Tiffany	Tina	Tom and Karen	Tom	Tom
Tom	Tyler, Malcolm and Emily	Zach	Whittle People	Brown Ale