Diana Miller

The 'Chameleon' refers to the person that shifts their language, tone, temperaments and opinions to blend in with society. Like its ever-changing skin, these facades are both protective and revealing, adapting to circumstance while hiding personal truth - living with the quiet tension of inhabiting multiple selves at once.

Diana Miller's process of layering is central, both conceptually and materially. In some of the works, the underlying image remains visible; in others, it is softened through glazing or almost entirely concealed beneath dense surface layers. This process mirrors the ways we construct our own facades through life, consciously or not. The foregrounds consist of compositions the artist has created, evolved, and revisited - a visual lexicon developed over time through an elaborate, multifaceted shape-making practice. Like much of her past work, these paintings carry a distinct graphic sensibility, influenced by her background in graphic design and a passion for distilling form.