Jazmine Tara Miller is a California-born, Toronto-based abstract painter whose work explores emotional memory, perception, and the transformative qualities of light and water. Raised in Northern California near the ocean, mountains, and desert, Miller developed an early and enduring connection to the sea and nature—an influence that continues to shape her visual language and conceptual approach. Now working in Toronto, her paintings draw from lived experience, recurring dream imagery, and internal landscapes rather than direct representation. Through layered gestures and shifting colour fields, Miller creates immersive works that invite prolonged looking and emotional resonance. Her practice has evolved from darker, introspective explorations toward increasingly luminous and expansive compositions, reflecting a sustained inquiry into renewal, presence, and emotional release.