about the artist
Millie Sims is an abstract artist, specializing in geometric paintings in acrylic on canvas. Throughout her body of work, Millie reshapes classic imagery in her signature sharp-angled style. From abstract adaptations of Audubon prints and Slim Aarons photographs to lowcountry landscapes and chinoiserie patterns, her paintings put a fresh, modern spin on recognizable images of comfort.
Millie’s artistic background is varied and inventive. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, she spent two years in Paris, where her passion for visual arts was revived. Over the next two years in Manhattan, Millie began studying painting privately under various professional artists to gain a balanced blend of technique and expertise, while working in the fashion and beauty industries. Her creative education in not only painting, but also fashion marketing and graphic design in her early career, ballet throughout her youth and early adulthood, creative writing as a freelance writer, and good old-fashioned geometry, have provided her the foundation to create her own unique style and process as an artist.
Millie currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina, where she works from a studio on historic King Street. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens in Memphis, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ annual Antiques at the Gardens interior design ‘Tastemaker’ showcase, and in productions with HBO and Netflix. She is represented by Blueprint Gallery in Dallas, Texas, Well + Wonder Collective online, and by regional consultants throughout the nation.
