Vance Miller (American, 1912-2002), Winter Farmscene

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, framed.

Stretcher size 12 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.

Born in Princeton, West Virginia, James Vance Miller was a self taught American impressionist painter who settled in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1955. Celebrated for his depictions of natural beauty, especially scenes of Little Stoney Creek in the Jefferson National Forest, Miller exhibited widely in solo shows across several states and was honored with a museum exhibition at the Atlanta-Marietta Museum in 1997. A founder of the Palette Art Gallery in Christiansburg, his works remain in private collections across the United States and abroad.

Age cracking, one associated flake at lower right corner, a few grime spots at left canvas edge.