Receiving his art training in Australia, he became a plein aire painter in California. His subject is the native and fast-disappearing California natural world. Many of his landscapes are done in the Lake Hodges area where he established his studio.

Artist Statement
Subtle color is a Millard trademark. "I love working with color harmonies, if you place all the elements correctly you can capture a mood. Each piece has to live on its own. I let my work speak for me."

Education
Millard studied art at the Caulfield Institute and won numerous art competitions. After one year of college, however, Millard became despondent about modern art and went to work under Takis Bitsas as a Byzantine iconographer painting religious icons in churches. In 1985, he formed his own company, Fresco, going on to establish himself as a trompe l'oeil and fresco artists in Australia, and in 1989 he continued that activity in the United States.

Technique
Since 1996, Millard has used a technique called plein-aire painting, working outdoors in the San Diego, Southern California area to capture an array of Southern California's most scenic beauty. He was recently accepted as a California Art Club artist member.

Millard's plein-aire paintings are intended to capture the beautiful color harmonies found in nature while evoking nostalgia for the natural, undeveloped California many of us remember and long to preserve.