Kurt Miller

 Most of my communication with Jim was through the emails. Of the many emails I received, Jim’s were always the most colorful, and I’d like to share one with you.

The first of two paintings I’m contributing to Jim’s art tribute is We Few by David Weber and John Ringo. I knew Jim liked this one because of what he stated in his email about it. Jim wrote: “Kurt, this is f@(*#$@* great (er, I mean, lovely). But amateur art directors are never satisfied. Can we have a bit more leg for the sword fighters?” Now that was funny about the leg part. A cropped version without legs was what I sent Jim for a close up detail and I guess he thought that was the final art. Then he saw the full image and wrote me another email “Kurt, this is double great (er, again I mean, cool, awesome, ect.) Jim.” That was one of many dramatic and to the point emails I have from Jim.