"Setting Sun Behind the Eighteenth at Pasatiempo c. 1929" - Michael  G. Miller

Exquisite limited edition print

Inkjet Giclee on Paper
Image: 20 x 26 1/4 inches
Paper: 23 x 30 3/4 inches
AP 5/35

Donor Value: $650
Minimum Bid: $500

This high quality limited edition print is hand signed, numbered and titled, on Somerset Velvet paper, and sprayed with UV protective coating.

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This particular painting was featured at Michael Miller's solo exhibit Golf Landscapes of the Golden Age at the World Golf Hall of Fame in February-June of 2001. The exhibit showcased 12 original oil paintings and two iris prints of famous golf courses.

This rare high quality print was donated by the owner of the original.

About the Artist:

Michael G. Miller is considered by many to be the foremost painter of golf courses in the world today.

Miller, born 1946 in Bakersfield California, began painting in 1985. His formal training was undertaken at UCLA Extension and the Brentwood Art Center. Yet the most beneficial training, and that which would shape his stylistic approach has resulted from 15 years of "one on one" training with Mr. Gene Mako. This association fostered an intense interest, appreciation and eventually, a personal application of the style found in 19th century European and American art. This style is evident in his still life, landscape, cityscape, seascape and figure painting.

During this time Miller was also working full time as a golf professional in the Los Angeles area. He was the Head Golf Professional at the MountainGate CC from 1981 until departing in 1993 to become the Head Golf Professional at the Riviera CC in Pacific Palisades, California. This dual career merged into one in 1998 as Miller left the golf business and devoted himself to painting full time. Although his early training involved classic 19th century still life, golf landscapes became the natural synthesis of these two careers. Miller's golf experience, keen interest in golf course design and the intrinsic beauty of golf course subject matter has given rise to receiving special recognition in this genre.

Miller’s painting of “Hell's half-acre, the 7th at Pine Valley Golf Club, c. 1927” was featured on the cover of the first issue of The Journal of the Shivas Irons Society.

He has had "one man" museum shows at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine Florida (2001) and at the USGA Museum, Golf House, Far Hills New Jersey (2002). Nonetheless, still life and landscape painting remain equally important pursuits and account for at least half of Miller's time. His paintings have been exhibited by TABA, Inc. Potomac MD, Los Angeles Fine Art gallery, CA, S. Lehman, A. West Hollywood, CA, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena CA, Gene Mako Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Del Mar Gallery, Del Mar, CA, and Drudis-Biado Art Gallery, West Los Angeles, CA.

GolfClubAtlas.com, the popular website devoted entirely to golf course architecture, has devoted an entire section to Miller’s paintings: http://www.golfclubatlas.com/artandarchitecture.html

In addition to the premier issue of The Journal of the Shivas Irons Society, other publications featuring Michael Miller's art::
Lost Links by Daniel Wexler, 2002, Wiley; The Art of Golf Design, by Michael Miller & Geoff Shackelford, 2001, Wiley; Missing Links by Daniel Wexler, 2000, Wiley; The Golden Age of Golf Design by Geoff Shackelford, 1999, Sleeping Bear Press; The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture, Geoff Shackelford, 1996, Sleeping Bar Press.