British artist Charlie Millar, born in 1965, based much of his art around travel, in particular to The Peloponnese, Ethiopia (where he lived for two years), Mali and most recently a further two years in Nairobi, Kenya.
Earlier work, as illustrated by examples in the Currell Collection, was inspired by Chaucer, Wagner, and a study of Ghanaian Kente cloth. The exhibition Lifeforms (2004) was largely related to the experience of keeping bees in Central London. All Flesh is Grass, a substantial pavement-like installation for Canterbury Cathedral (2006), investigated notions of faith and acceptance, with a wide range of matter encased within brick size resin blocks.
More recently, Millar has returned to more rigorous figurative work - still-lives known as "Small Painted Real Things" - and further use of text.