{"id":2010770,"date":"2026-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2010770"},"modified":"2026-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:00:00","slug":"a-visual-cacophony-of-people-places-and-things-fill-chris-millars-mixed-media-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2010770","title":{"rendered":"A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar\u2019s Mixed-Media Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-8.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a vertical, very detailed painting of Alberta and its famous people, places, heritage, arts, and culture\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d (2025), acrylic on canvas, 53 x 32 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar\u2019s Mixed-Media Paintings<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-25T10:06:23-05:00\">June 25, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a 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\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"475331\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Known for his painstakingly intricate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/chris-millar\">mixed-media sculptures<\/a>, Canadian artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrismillar.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Millar<\/a> continues to test the bounds of scale and detail. Two recent works epitomize his ongoing explorations: \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d and \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam,\u201d the latter of which contains eight tiny paintings, two relief sculptures, and numerous sculptural elements attached to a brass frame. Cartoonish pendants, vignettes with faces, branch-like tendrils and more lend the piece an enigmatic contraption-like quality, as if the pull of a hidden lever will send the entire thing into motion.<\/p>\n<p>In a departure from his multimedia pieces, \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d is a meticulously rendered acrylic painting containing some 90 portraits of notable figures from Alberta who populate a map of the province, where the artist originally hails from. It has the look of a tourism map merged with a look-and-find book.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"\u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d (2026), acrylic paint, resin, brass, and steel, 8.5 x 10.25 inches\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d (2026), acrylic paint, resin, brass, and steel, 8.5 x 10.25 inches\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d (2026), acrylic paint, resin, brass, and steel, 8.5 x 10.25 inches\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-1.jpg\" alt=\"a meticulous mixed-media wall sculpture with miniature paintings and relief and sculptural elements in minute detail\" class=\"wp-image-475334\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d (2026), acrylic paint, resin, brass, and steel, 8.5 x 10.25 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo an American audience, a lot of the Alberta-centric easter eggs will go over their heads, but even if they don\u2019t know about Alberta\u2019s history or geography, it\u2019s a pretty fun painting to look at!\u201d Millar says. You may recognize a few famous individuals, such as Michael J. Fox and Joni Mitchell, both of whom were born there.<\/p>\n<p>See more on Millar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chriswmillar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-2.jpg\" alt=\"a close-up view of a meticulous mixed-media wall sculpture with miniature paintings and relief and sculptural elements in minute detail\" class=\"wp-image-475335\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-3.jpg\" alt=\"a close-up view of a meticulous mixed-media wall sculpture with miniature paintings and relief and sculptural elements in minute detail\" class=\"wp-image-475336\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-4.jpg\" alt=\"a close-up view of a meticulous mixed-media wall sculpture with miniature paintings and relief and sculptural elements in minute detail\" class=\"wp-image-475337\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-5.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a vertical, very detailed painting of Alberta and its famous people, places, heritage, arts, and culture\" class=\"wp-image-475332\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-7.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-7.jpeg\" alt=\"a detail of a vertical, very detailed painting of Alberta and its famous people, places, heritage, arts, and culture\" class=\"wp-image-475339\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-6.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475331\" title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/millar-6.jpeg\" alt=\"a detail of a vertical, very detailed painting of Alberta and its famous people, places, heritage, arts, and culture\" class=\"wp-image-475338\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cA Prize Every 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