Initially influenced by her grandmother, an oil painter of Southern California and then living in West Germany as a military child, Chattanooga artist, Lora Miller has found her work to be creatively scattered. Exposed to so much art and culture, yet uprooted so often, had lifelong effects. Her work seeks out simple and uncomplicated subjects; seeing color, light, movement and pattern dispersed in the familiar places of life.

She has lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee for her teen and adult life; so often her artwork depicts characteristics of the Southeastern United States in nature or landscape. Lora learned to paint en plein air (in the open air) from adventures with local artists years ago and has found nature teaching her to paint better. Many of these plein air paintings have become larger canvas works painted with acrylics, collage and/or mixed media. She has learned to use her artistic license well and make subjects with her own expression.

Lora attended her community college, CSTCC 1978/79 majoring in Advertising Arts Technology for one year before being hired by the local newspaper, Chattanooga News Free Press in the pasteup & layout department. In 1985 she became a Creative Home consultant in order to work from home after the birth of her second child. She learned to do wall stenciling from working with this company and soon started an interior wall stenciling business until she began homeschooling her daughter. While homeschooling she taught various children, teens and adults watercolor as well as art technics. As her children became teens, Lora took several classes from local artists. In the late 1990s/early 2000s she tried her hand at portraiture and pet portraits and begin commissions. Then in 2003/2004 she went back to CSTCC to take color, black/white photography and darkroom as well as business coursework. In 2006 she joined the Civic Arts League, began exhibiting her art and served on the board as well as President for two years. She found employment with a framing shop for two years to learn framing. In 2011 she was hired by Reflections Gallery in Chattanooga as a gallery assistant and later became their official artist liaison till 2019. In May 2019 she resigned her position with Reflections to pursue her work with a greater intensity. At the same time she began exhibiting with public markets in Chattanooga till Covid-19 shut the markets temporarily. The shut down presented large amounts of creative time especially with YouTube art tutorials. It was then that the scale of her work grew from small and medium watercolor originals to large scale canvas’. She joined an art mentorship program with Matt Tommey of Created to Thrive. It was then that she not only did four years of coarse work in one year, but also launched her online store LoraArtworks.com. Needless to say the mentorship was well worth it.

Lora’s focus is primarily on original work and she offers open edition prints at various venues. She paints commissioned work upon her review and acceptance.

The Gallery at Mars - Her art that depicts life in the Southern United States is presently exhibiting at The Gallery at Mars in LaFayette, Georgia. The gallery is located upstairs in the historic Mars Theater originally opened in 1930 in LaFayette, Georgia.

Plum Nelly Shop & Gallery - Downtown Chattanooga on the north shore (330 Frazier Ave) — When you visit, just ask for assistance to see her varied selection of flowers, garden, abstract and decor pieces. Her work is one of many local artists in this gallery.

Solo Art Show - December 4 of 2026 from 5:00-8:00 / Community Clubhouse / 6760 Hickory Creek Rd, Chattanooga / free & open to the public — Lora invites friends, neighbors, art enthusiasts and collectors to a Solo Pop-up Art Show featuring most of her art pieces of 2026. This will include watercolor paintings, mixed media, seasonal art and a variation of prints and cards. Most all of this work has never been exhibited other than her website and social media.

April 2027 Solo Show - Nancy Cantrell Dender Gallery, 700 Tennessee Ave, Etowah, TN. 423-263-7608 (dates and time to be announced)

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