Artist
Alexander Millar
Scottish storyteller painting everyday heroes with humour, heart and distinctive style.
Alexander Millar's figures are unmistakable—squat, determined characters navigating the ordinary dramas of working-class life. Born in Glasgow, Millar draws on his own upbringing to populate canvases with domino players, dog walkers, and couples caught in rain showers. His Scotland is not one of tartan and tourism, but of tenements and tea breaks.
What elevates Millar's work beyond mere nostalgia is his compositional intelligence and emotional precision. Each painting balances humour with pathos, finding dignity in the everyday. "Domino Night" captures camaraderie without sentimentality—men gathered around a table, the stakes low but the fellowship genuine.
Millar's collectors tend to see themselves in his work, or see the communities they came from. That recognition is the point.
