Eleanor Millard’s landscapes arrest the speed of life. In her artworks, the furious pace of the everyday suddenly stops, and gives way to a painted meditation.“I try to paint the stillness of the now, with all of its sound,” Millard explains. “The sound of silence; the sound of stillness.”Her landscapes are personal—they represent places that the artist has been and paths that she has walked—yet their power resides in the fact that they hold a universal resonance. The artist’s brushstrokes pull into existence scenes that tug at our memory; they remind us of places that we’ve never seen, yet somehow know.But these meditations can require time to develop. Millard will often revisit artworks that she has commenced but not concluded. “Some paintings I’ll start, and then I’ll have to put them away for a few months, because they just aren’t ready to be finished,” she observes. “If I had kept going with them that day, they just wouldn’t work. I’ve had to train myself to let things go.” The artist explains that sometimes years can go by before she revisits a painting—as she only ever reintroduces herself to a work when the moment is right. In a sense, these artworks embody a collaboration between the artist of the past and the artist of the present, who both work across time, searching for a particular, intangible quality that sets their landscape apart.Excerpt from essay, ‘A Chance Encounter’ by Tai Mitsuji.
WORKS
![Millard_Woodbine Road_acrylic on paper_113 x 100cm_0 Millard_Woodbine Road_acrylic on paper_113 x 100cm_0](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Millard_Woodbine-Road_acrylic-on-paper_113-x-100cm_0-scaled.jpg)
![Millard_House on a Hill_acrylic on Arches Aquarelle paper_103 x 114cm Millard_House on a Hill_acrylic on Arches Aquarelle paper_103 x 114cm](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Millard_House-on-a-Hill_acrylic-on-Arches-Aquarelle-paper_103-x-114cm-scaled.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard_The Painted Sound_100 x 114cm_master Eleanor Millard_The Painted Sound_100 x 114cm_master](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Eleanor-Millard_The-Painted-Sound_100-x-114cm_master-scaled.jpg)
![Millard_The Two Boatsheds_acrylic on aquarelle paper_91 x 110cm Millard_The Two Boatsheds_acrylic on aquarelle paper_91 x 110cm](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Millard_The-Two-Boatsheds_acrylic-on-aquarelle-paper_91-x-110cm.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard_The Sound_76 x 82cm_master Eleanor Millard_The Sound_76 x 82cm_master](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Eleanor-Millard_The-Sound_76-x-82cm_master-scaled.jpg)
![Millard_The_Sand_Dunes_76x101cm_acrylic on paper_master Millard_The_Sand_Dunes_76x101cm_acrylic on paper_master](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Millard_The_Sand_Dunes_76x101cm_acrylic-on-paper_master-scaled.jpg)
![Millard_end of thistle lane_acryliconpaper_65x100cm_master_0 Millard_end of thistle lane_acryliconpaper_65x100cm_master_0](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Millard_end-of-thistle-lane_acryliconpaper_65x100cm_master_0-scaled.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard_Still Moored_acrylic on paper_53 x 55cm_0 Eleanor Millard_Still Moored_acrylic on paper_53 x 55cm_0](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Eleanor-Millard_Still-Moored_acrylic-on-paper_53-x-55cm_0-scaled.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard_A Holiday Home_Acrylic on paper_76 x 84cm_master Eleanor Millard_A Holiday Home_Acrylic on paper_76 x 84cm_master](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Eleanor-Millard_A-Holiday-Home_Acrylic-on-paper_76-x-84cm_master.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard 'The Lookout' acrylic on paper 56 x 66cm $4,400 Eleanor Millard 'The Lookout' acrylic on paper 56 x 66cm $4,400](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Eleanor-Millard_The-Lookout_Acrylic-on-paper_56-x-66cm_master-scaled.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard 'Hills Gate Farm' acrylic on paper on canvas 40 x 40cm $2,800 Eleanor Millard 'Hills Gate Farm' acrylic on paper on canvas 40 x 40cm $2,800](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Millard_Hills-Gate-Farm_acrylic-on-paper-on-canvas_40-x-40cm.jpg)
![Millard_ The Grandmother_acrylic on canvas_50 x 46cm Millard_ The Grandmother_acrylic on canvas_50 x 46cm](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Millard_-The-Grandmother_acrylic-on-canvas_50-x-46cm.jpg)
![Eleanor Millard_The Bridge_acrylic on paper_73 x 89cm Eleanor Millard_The Bridge_acrylic on paper_73 x 89cm](https://wagnercontemporary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Eleanor-Millard_The-Bridge_acrylic-on-paper_73-x-89cm-scaled.jpg)