Doug was born May 19th 1956 in Madison WI. Through out his childhood Doug found pleasure in art and music. When he traveled to England after high school he spent most of his time in London in the National and the Tate Art Galleries. During this time his passion for painting was cemented. Though out the years of hard work to provide for a young family, Doug would spend much of his spare time in Art classes with Ron Lukas (now art director of Dream Works Studio) and studied in the Russian Impressionist style. In the last five years Doug’s main teacher was Susan Diehl and he continued to develop his skills with such great artists as Bill Reese and Simon Kogan. While Doug spent most of his time in work and family, his passion, after his family was art. In the last 16 years he has been painting full time. Doug is interested in color and light and it’s interaction on objects, whether stillife or landscape.
