Kate Miller
Half Moon Bay, California
Soulful abstract art for high end residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces.
MessageKate Miller is the artist and designer behind Elworthy Studio wallpaper and textiles. Her designs grace residential and commercial spaces across the country and have been featured in publications such as Luxe, Interior Design, and Architectural Digest. After more than a decade of creating luxury home decor based on her original artwork, Kate felt a pull to expand into a new medium to fully express what she has to say as an artist. She transitioned Elworthy Studio operations to a trusted partner and now dedicates her time and creative energy to creating one of a kind original abstract paintings for her clients.
Kate’s career has been rich and varied, and she truly feels that every step along the way served an important purpose and informs her creative work. Prior to founding Elworthy Studio in 2015, she worked as a designer buyer and visual merchandising manager for a large NYC-based department store (while moonlighting as a DJ), then served as online merchandising manager for a fast-paced e-commerce startup. More recently, she participated in and then co-facilitated a yearlong shamanic program, supporting a group of women in deep healing and personal transformation and teaching them how to return to Earth based ways of living.
She has lived in several major cities around the world, including New York, London, Shanghai, and San Francisco, yet left the urban life behind for a serene coastal town in Northern California where she lives with her husband and young daughter. When she isn't in the studio, Kate enjoys long hikes and beach walks, singing with her community song circle, and getting lost in fantasy novels.
Statement
Kate leans on her background as shamanic practitioner and guide to bring intuition and magic into her creative process, and healing energy into every piece she creates. She is deeply connected to the land and the non human (or more-than-human) beings we share this planet with. Her intention is to serve as a bridge between the human and more-than-human worlds through her art. Each piece that emerges is a visual conversation between Kate and the very much alive natural world, offering a path to connection with nature and access to the healing potential of that connection.
Kate works primarily in acrylic - often layering in mixed media and/or oil sticks - on larger canvases that allow for (or demand) more movement and physical engagement.
She is excited to embark on a new body of work that takes her creative mission even deeper. Kate is spending time at various locations in nature and first communing with the land and plants using her shamanic practices. Then, she transmits the essence, as well as any messages, colors, shapes and symbols received, into paintings. It is her hope that this body of work will strengthen her own connection with the land, and inspire a new perspective for those who interact with her art.
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