#TheGlobalAngelWingsProject

Colette Miller wings on Melrose in Los Angeles

Colette Miller, a Los Angeles based artist, has dazzled the world with her colorful wings that have been featured on five continents so far.  Colette Miller was driving through L.A. when she got the idea to permeate the overzealous walls of ads that afflict the City of Angels.  She wanted to change the narrative and create a space of purity within a world that promotes consumerism.


The first set of wings Miller painted were featured on the streets of Los Angeles.  In a TEDx Talk, Miller mentioned that she wanted to bring the heavens down to the streets to remind humans to be the angels that change the world for the common good.  As a spiritual artist, Miller picked cool colors that evoked feelings of calmness and represent the higher chakras.  There are seven chakras in the body in which energy flows.  Hues of blue and purple embody the highest chakras which represent communication, focus, and being fully connected spiritually. 


Additionally, color psychology states that the three main colors represented in Miller's Global Angel Wing Project (varying shades blue, purple/indigo, and pink) symbolize idealism, imagination, and unconditional love.  Overall, a cooler color palette is said to elicit feelings of serenity and peace, which pair well with Miller's message of global solidarity.  While color psychology can be subjective per individual and vary among gender, nationality, and culture, colors often connote common themes.


Whereas Miller aims to inject cities with a spectrum of cool undertones, advertisers most commonly use a warm color palette.  Companies often feature bold colors such as red, orange, and yellow to stand out and garner attention.  While color is used to grab a consumer's attention and wet their appetite for a product, bold bright colors can result in overstimulation.  In a world with billboards, apps, and ads, it's easy to become desensitized to the overwhelming consumerism and subliminal marketing that plagues our daily routines.


With the Global Angel Wings Project, Miller diffuses this propaganda and allows citizens from all walks of life to stroll straight into the art.  People instantaneously become the angel adorned with wings and interact with the canvas.  The artwork is incomplete without everyday citizens.


Miller chooses accessible canvases, whether it's a gritty wall on Melrose Avenue or an industrial gate in the Los Angeles Arts District.  She creates beauty and interest in mundane canvases, serving as an interesting juxtaposition that promotes the idea that every human has the opportunity to change the world for the better.