Fiona Millais (b. 1960) is a British painter known for her atmospheric landscapes and still life compositions. She studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating in 1984, and has since exhibited widely across the UK.

Her work is rooted in memory, place and collected experience. Rather than depicting specific views, Millais draws on sketches, notes and found objects gathered during travels through the Surrey Hills, the Cornish and Scottish coastlines, and further afield. These elements inform compositions that evolve in the studio over time, with layers of paint often scraped back or painted over, revealing traces of earlier marks and creating a rich sense of depth and presence.

Millais’s paintings are characterised by their quiet resonance and textured surfaces. Her process is intuitive, allowing the work to unfold gradually without a fixed plan, resulting in pieces that hold both a sense of stillness and the passage of time.

She has exhibited with galleries including Thompson’s Gallery, Cornwall Contemporary, the Jerram Gallery, and the New Ashgate Gallery. In 2004, she was commissioned to create large-scale works for the P&O cruise liner Arcadia. Fiona Millais is also the great-granddaughter of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais, a lineage that contributes to her deep connection with landscape and artistic tradition.