ARTIST: LaJon Miller

LaJon Miller is a Southern California based artist and I’ve been drawing since he was four years old. Sitting in front of the television and drawing scenes from old Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Popeye  cartoons. Then around the age of ten he found the realization of how much he loved getting lost in his own world creating characters or scenes from his imagination. Life eventually led him to getting a 3D Animation degree then receiving formal art training from an experienced watercolor and oil painting master in Glendale CA. And through lots of trial and error he began to self teach himself how to use the more modern mediums such as acrylic and spray paint. 

A fan of the old masters like Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Monet, Charles Bargue as well as pop culture masters like Dali. And more current artists like Justin Bua, Kenturah Davis, Kehinde Wiley and comic book illustrating masters such as Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane, J. Scott Campbell, Rob Liefeld, Jack Kirby and Akira Toriyama.

On many creative expressions he likes to work with vibrant color, and on many occasions textured surfaces. “I like to use color to evoke a visual reaction. I like to work with acrylic and watercolor mediums because of the faster application and drying process.” Over the last several years he’s been exploring and mixing different paint mediums. Crossing over spray paint into acrylics. As well as combining watercolor, ink and acrylic paint. And recently he’s been expanding to mural work, working on public artwork displayed in and around the Long Beach area.