“I want to paint every river in the world.”
- Ben Miller
BEN MILLER PAINTS where water, gravity, and land converge: rivers, both pristine and endangered. Along their banks, and in the studio, he casts thousands of times with his fly rod onto clear acrylic panels, building each work through repeated physical engagement with the river.
Upcoming Events
Ben has a busy fall 2026 in store!
SEPTEMBER:
TBD: Release of the first limited-edition prints, with Gary Lichtenstein Editions, North Adams, MA
OCTOBER 2 & 3 in Bozeman, MT
Supporting Climate Aid and River Conservation
Friday -
Beginning at Noon, Ben Fly-Cast Paints outside Willson Auditorium; 7:00 Black Ram Guitar Festival + Climate Aid
Saturday -
Beringia (SOUTH2 WEST8 fashion release)
Echo Arts (Limited-Edition Prints, Process and two Fly-Cast Paintings)
Plonk (Three Fly-Cast Paintings)
Reception 5 - 7:00 PM Beringia + Echo Arts
A one-pager with more details about the weekend is here.
“When Jackson Pollock first exhibited his paintings, they sent out a palpable energy quite different from a traditional Renaissance painting. Viewers were blown into another zone of consciousness. We get this same feeling from Ben Miller’s work, which transfers our usual ideas about representation into something different — a form of awareness that’s strangely abstract, mystical, and even a bit religious.”
Henry Adams
Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History
Case Western Reserve University