Ms. Mills was born into the family of the well known Mills Brothers Circus. Her earliest years were spent mostly unattended and with free reign among the circus animals . The chimps, horses, camels and elephants were her closest friends and baby sitters. Early on her training was in the performing arts in the form of dance and theater , earning her a BFA in Theater and a Masters in choreography, however the plastic arts began to take much more of her focus. She is self taught as a painter. Ms. Mills always works in oil on many surfaces ie. linen, birch panel, paper and sometimes cardboard. Most recently, she has added building wood fired ceramic sculpture to her body of work. Since 2001 her paintings have been shown and collected nationally and internationally from galleries and with solo shows in New York, New Orleans, Santa Fe , San Francisco , China and the city of Toulouse, France. Her austere work (both oil painting and sculpture) is often produced in series, and is reflective of a life spent from a position of solitude and an ability to render her own life along with what is often witnessed to its emotional essence.