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Ryan Miller. The goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres! A true hero in our town!

I composed this oil painting on my Christmas break. I was also working on other commissioned drawings while I was working on this project, so i had to take time off to finish it, but I did finish it within the time frame projected!

This is my first realistic-type painting, however the painting is painted heavily with many brushstrokes and there is alot of color blended to create other colors.

I used silver oil paint that cost me a little more than $25.00 for a small tube. It contains aluminum, so it was very expensive.

Framed Photo Hanging on my wall [link]
Closer Image of Painting w/ frame [link]
Me standing next to the Miller Painting @ the Allentown Art Festival [link]

You can also check out the feature on Ryan Miller's Website, [link] with my painting in the Lifestyles section [link] This website is hosted through NHL.com, so I was very excited to see that my artwork made it such a long way, especially to help a good cause!

2008. Oil Painting. 48" x 50"

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~Skokut Jan 9, 2008, 6:57:09 PM
This is absolutely amazing.
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~BiondoArt-dot-com Jan 10, 2008, 11:38:05 PM
Thank you! I love all of your artwork! It's really great! Thanks again! :)

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Live to Laugh & Love,
~Michael Biondo
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~fred-george-weasley Jan 11, 2008, 1:32:02 PM
ITS MILLER!!!!!!! this piece omg I just love it

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MillerxZEE smut is like awesome :XD:

Icon made by me one also done for ~happybunnygurl
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~Skokut Jan 11, 2008, 2:19:15 PM
You're welcome! as is yours, I could never work in all color.
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~BiondoArt-dot-com Jan 14, 2008, 4:17:31 PM
:) Thank you so much!

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Live to Laugh & Love,
~Michael Biondo
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~PippinIncarnate Jan 14, 2008, 11:46:48 PM
Nice! I like how you can't see all of his face, partially because of the dramatic effect it creates, but also because with a face as gorgeous as his, you might as well see all of it or none of it at all :giggle:

anyway, on a more serious note, the degree of blending ads an extra sense of realism. And the use of silver paint! typically, I'm not a fan of any lustre media, especially if it's to be experienced in a second hand manner, such as over the internet. But you pulled it off well here! I really get the sense of the texture and sheen of the wire on his mask. I think it's success is because you used the shading on the underside of it...Too many times have I seen people trying to evoke metallic things by relying only on a lustred medium, and not taking into consideration how the light and shadow plays around it

Bravo
and Bravo for Buffalo!

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~Curiosity Killed the Pippin~

Feccagar: "we really need to stop meeting like this..."
Fendreth: "you mean in your study, at night?"
Feccagar: "no, I meant when we meet every thursday for waxing the trees...people might supect something about us...
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~PippinIncarnate Jan 19, 2008, 6:11:02 PM
Oh! I forgot to add this in my original comment, but if you ever got Miller to autograph that, and then sold it, you could retire right now :rofl:

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~Curiosity Killed the Pippin~

Feccagar: "we really need to stop meeting like this..."
Fendreth: "you mean in your study, at night?"
Feccagar: "no, I meant when we meet every thursday for waxing the trees...people might supect something about us...
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~fred-george-weasley Jan 19, 2008, 7:38:56 PM
Your welcome

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MillerxZEE smut is like awesome :XD:

Icon made by me one also done for ~happybunnygurl
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*VOLIVOD Jan 19, 2008, 11:48:21 PM
This kicks ass :clap: :+favlove:

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And you will lose your mind. [link]
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~BiondoArt-dot-com Jan 26, 2008, 10:57:14 PM
WOW! Thank you so much! I greatly appreciate all of those words! Recently, I sent this image to Ryan Miller's Cancer / Leukemia Foundation, The Steadfast Foundation, [link]. I received a response from Dean Miller, Ryan's father, we might be marketing this image through selling prints, autographed & framed from his website! I hope everything goes well! I really thank you for everything that you said! It's an honor to hear someone say such great things about one of my artworks! Thank you! :)


~Michael

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Live to Laugh & Love,
~Michael Biondo
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