Biography & Resume

Biography

I grew up in Santa Cruz, California and have a degree in Biology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso, West Africa in the early eighties. In 1985 I moved to Tucson, Arizona where I worked as a truck driver, Food Bank program director, urban forester, training consultant, gardener, and farmer's market vendor. In 1993 I started to paint on glass and suddenly everything made sense.

 

Resume

EXHIBITIONS

• Berta Wright Gallery Tucson AZ Africa (invitational) September 1994
  
  
• Obsidian Gallery Tucson AZ 1994-Present
  
  
• Hotel Congress Lobby Saints and Devils February-March 1995
  
  
• Pima County Library Main Branch (juried) June-July 1995, September-October 1997, May-June 2001, November 2002 Damascus Watercolors, December 2008
  
  
• Tucson Arts District Phantom Gallery (juried) October-November 1995
  
  
• St. Phillip's Church Murphey Gallery (juried) Tucson AZ Feb 1996
  
  
• Tucson Arts District Phantom Gallery (invited) May-July 1996
  
  
• Rosso & Russ Gallery, Tubac AZ October 1997-1998
  
  
• Central Arts Collective My Pet (juried) Tucson AZ November 1997
  
  
• Tubac Center for the Arts Member's Show (juried) Tubac AZ May 1997
  
  
• Tucson Arts District Phantom Gallery (juried) Tucson AZ December 1997-January 1998
  
  
• The Image Gallery at the Screening Room featured artist for Primavera Festival of Women in the Arts. Tucson AZ March 1998
  
  
• St. Gregory’s School Gallery Tucson AZ April-May 1998
  
  
• Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass Esprit de Corps, The Glass Artists of Tucson (invitational). Tucson AZ May-August 1998
  
  
• Tucson Jewish Community Center (three person juried show) November-December 1988
  
  
• Pima Community College Gallery (three person juried show) January-February 1999
  
  
• Apparatus Gallery Sacred, Iconic, Religious (invitational). Tucson AZ November-December 1999
  
  
• Downtown Tucson YMCA 1999-2008
  
  
• Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass Imagery (invitational). Tucson AZ. May-August 2000
  
  
• Tucson-Pima Arts Council Gallery, Tucson AZ Health and Safety in the Arts November-December 2000
  
  
• Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM. 2000-present. Four person show July-August 2001
  
  
• Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso Texas. Solo show. Efraín of the Sonoran Desert October 2001
  
  
• Tohono Chul Park, Tucson AZ, solo show, Efraín of the Sonoran Desert: Storybook Illustrations by Janet K. Miller October-November 2001
  
  
• Sabaku, Tucson AZ, Women in the Desert November 2001-January 2002
  

• Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson AZ, solo show, Storybook Illustrations by Janet K. Miller March 2002
  
  
• University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tucson AZ, solo show, Five Weeks in Damascus: Watercolors by Janet K. Miller May-June 2002
  
  
• Burns and Wald-Hopkins, Architects, Tucson AZ, New Work and Damascus Watercolors August-November 2003
  

• Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson AZ. Solo show. May 2007.
• Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson AZ. Group shows, The Sea of Cortez: A Desert Sea, 2007. Artful Insects and Inspired Arachnids 2008. Laughing Matters: Arizona Humor 2008.
  
• Tucson Public Library, Tucson AZ. Solo show, December 2008.
  
  
• Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson AZ, Invitational Group Show. October2008-March 2009.
• Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix AZ. Laughing Matters: Arizona Humor. March-September 2009.
  
  

ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS

• Madden Media
  
  
• Buffalo Exchange
  
  
• Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
  
  
• The Arizona Daily Star
  
  
• Cinco Puntos Press
  
  
• Tucson Botanical Gardens

 

Reviews

The Tucson Weekly, March 22,2001

Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2001

Children's Library Journal, November 18, 2001