Born in Baltimore in 1937, Melvin O. Miller graduated from the Maryland Institute of Art in 1959. As a student of Jacques Maroger, Ann D. Schuler, and Earl Hofmann, he became interested in the mediums and techniques of the 15th - 18th century Flemish and Italian Masters, and he has assisted Franklin Redelius in the research of those masters.
The Maryland Institute of Art awarded him an honorary BFA degree in 1996.
He was a member of the "6 Realists of Baltimore" 1961 - 1963. Favorite subjects include Baltimore and European cityscapes, maritime subjects and occasional floral pieces. Regionally, he has been sometimes called, "the Canaletto of Baltimore."
On four occasions, AT&T commissioned him to paint their various cable ships. He is mentioned in several of the various "Who's Who" type publications and has completed over 1900 oil paintings to date.