Cathey Miller
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 "Prepared Americans" at Kettle Gallery, Dallas 

The series “Prepared Americans”  depicts portraits of women clad in tactical gear, gas masks, ski masks, and American flags inhabiting bunkers and rooms full of video screens.   Call of Duty meets Feminism meets Omega Man.
The inspirations for this work are the constant stream of violent images on modern computer, television, movie, and gaming screens, and “Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness” issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
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Cathey Miller, Studio 2008
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Cathey Miller, Actual Space ship installation for portrait painting , 12 x 12 feet : 2 custom backdrops

Statement...In a conscious decision, I have painted all the models from life, and avoided using photographs, computers, projectors, or any modern machines other than electric light. When the grid goes down, I will not need electricity to make paintings.  A portrait  painted  from a live model is the only form of art that is capable of transmitting such an intimate sense of lived presence over so great a distance in time.
My choice of female models in typically male settings provokes the viewer to re examine patriotism, feminism, and the ancient human urge to wage war on other tribes.  
Cathey Miller -Statement for Prepared Americans , 2008

 Blue Morpho Paintings 2007

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Skulls, Babes, and Sparkly Guns at Kettle Gallery 2007 (Cathey Miller, Marie Sena, and Judith Lea Perkins)
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Cathey Miller, The Refusal to Forget Desire, 24' x 24" acrylic on canvas , 2008