Melissa Miller

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Nationally acclaimed for her bold, imaginative, allegorical paintings of animals, Melissa Miller is an iconoclastic artist who has fearlessly worked outside of prevailing artistic styles and movements since the mid-1970s. Her paintings have been included in the Whitney Biennial and the Venice Bienniale and collected by major museums, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C. Miller draws on a wider variety of literary and art historical sources than most contemporary artists, as well as a deeply felt connection to the natural world, to compose narratives that use animal actors to powerfully express humanity's inchoate fears and longings.Melissa Miller is the first major publication of this important artist's work. The book presents over one hundred color images of Miller's paintings, from early work done in the late 1970s up to paintings created in the mid-2000s. These color plates allow viewers to follow the intriguing development of Miller's art from action-packed narratives, to more symbol-laden allegories incorporating supernatural and spectral creatures, to pastoral tableaux imbued with a serenity and sense of order that is new to Miller's aesthetic.Accompanying Miller's paintings are essays by noted critics Susie Kalil and Michael Duncan. Kalil offers an authoritative, art historical overview of Miller's work, including her connections with European and Asian art, as well as perceptive commentary on numerous paintings and extensive quotes from the artist herself. Duncan's essay focuses on Miller's use of animals as agents of metamorphosis and transformation. Lists of Miller's solo and group exhibitions, a list of public collections that own her work, and a bibliography round out the book.A landmark, mid-career assessment of a major American artist, Melissa Miller is the definitive volume on this nonconformist painter.

Melissa Miller explores how you can care for your soul, let go of guilt, and give yourself grace when your answered prayers bring changes you didn't expect and feelings you can't ignore. The spouse you prayed for is here, but you feel a sadness you can't explain. The job you prayed for came through, but you are overworked and overwhelmed. The ministry you prayed for is up and running, but you question if this is your calling after all. You wonder, Isn't an answer to prayer supposed to feel better than this? Melissa Miller knows the feeling. She prayed for a job opportunity across the country and to grow her family through adoption, but she didn't expect to wake up every morning wondering if God picked the right person. She was tempted to push down her struggles because, after all, wasn't this what she prayed for? Would others think she was ungrateful? Instead, she dove deep into Scripture, cognitive research, and therapy to learn how to keep showing up in a story that was very different from what she'd imagined. In But I Prayed for This, Melissa helps you face the hard parts of "good" transitions as you recognize that mixed emotions are normal (and not forever), grow in gratitude by changing the way you think, let go of the lie that you are stuck or that you "prayed wrong," and allow Jesus to shape your story and your heart in new ways. But I Prayed for This offers tools to care for your mental and spiritual health, permission to feel what you feel, and reassurance that God's love is big enough for both your gratitude and your grief as you walk forward in the strength that comes from hope.

Have you ever waited for something for so long that you started to lose hope? Has God taken you on the long, scenic route in an area of your life, but you're thinking ... are we there yet? Restful Anticipation is about finding contentment in waiting seasons. Melissa Miller and her husband always knew they wanted to adopt a child, but they didn't expect to wait for over five years. Through a long cross country road trip and people along the way, Melissa learned about patience, trust, and embracing the beauty in life's delays and detours. Whether you are waiting to adopt or conceive, waiting to find your spouse, waiting for a loved one to return from deployment, or waiting for the realization of a dream, this book will encourage your heart from a place of anxiousness to a place Melissa calls Restful Anticipation.

Is it possible to live so close to God in daily fellowship that you metaphorically feel His breath refreshing your life? Are you ready to launch out into the deep with God? Raise your sails and prepare to have them filled with the breath-wind of God's empowering Spirit. Drawing from Biblical insights and personal testimonies after 30 years in ministry, John and Melissa Miller invite you to accompany them on this adventure of learning to walk in the spirit. A powerful resource for your personal life or small group studies.

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