Danae Miller

Bend, Oregon

Danae Miller was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her love of sculpture and animals took her to the University of New Hampshire for her BFA. A shamanic experience led her to the University of Washington to receive her MFA in sculpture. “I have always felt most alive in the company of animals,” she says. Danae is a nationally recognized sculptor of western wildlife. Her stark and intensely stylized figures of horses, elk, bison, cranes, and other creatures distill the essence of “wild.” In her renderings, outward appearances are shed and animals are stripped down to their spiritual skeletons. The result is western sculpture reinvented—raw, primal, and profoundly alive. Danae’s talismanic animal sculptures have been privately and publicly commissioned by collectors in New York, California, Texas, and other states, as well as by the cities of Bend and Sisters in Oregon. Danae lives in Tumalo, Oregon, with her husband and son. The family raises grass-fed beef using working horses and traditional methods. Discover more at www.danaemiller.com.