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Harland Miller is an artist whose word-play and dexterous brushwork has won him acclaim. He recalls how past decades have informed his work, beginning with childhood and home life.

Acclaimed artist and writer Harland Miller reveals how an eventful past has fed into his work:

1. The 1970s and early art influences may have presented themselves after the graffiting of THIN LIZZY on someone's fence. At home there were father's yearnings for the culture of Venice, though the family lived in Naburn, Yorkshire. Which flooded a lot.

Producer Duncan Minshull

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Mon 3 Jun 2019 22:45

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