The artist sketching in Kenya, 1975.
Doug Rugh, CM (pronounced rü) was born in Berlin and spent his childhood in the Middle East. As a teenager he apprenticed to ceramic and woodworking artisans in Cairo, Egypt and was involved with the arts at the Putney School in Vermont. Doug attended the Maryland Institute College of Art before studying at the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, an atelier which specializes in materials and methods of the old masters. He worked as a scientific illustrator at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA where both of his grandfathers did research. He completed his BFA in 1994 at the Rhode Island School of Design with honors.
Since then Doug has created original works of art for such clients as: Barnes and Noble, Microsoft, Prudential, The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Newsweek and The Washington Post. Commissioned work appeared regularly in print, on book and magazine covers as well as in numerous publications.
Doug now devotes his time to creating fine art for galleries but also accepts portrait commissions. Paintings range in price from $900 for a small plein air piece to $15,000 for a large studio work. Rugh was awarded the distinction, "Copley Master" by the Copley Society (America's oldest nonprofit art association) as a result of juried works and multiple major awards in each of the three areas of landscape, still-life and portraiture.
Doug Rugh's easel at the Osborn & Rugh Gallery.
Galleries/Ongoing Exhibitions
Paintings by Doug Rugh are available at the following galleries:
Osborn & Rugh Gallery
Studio (508) 548-2100, Queen's Buyway, 114 Palmer Ave., Falmouth, MA 02540, email
The Cataumet Arts Center
(508) 563-5434, 76 Scraggy Neck Road, Cataumet, MA 02534
Woods Hole Gallery
(Summers), (508) 548-7594, 14 School St., Woods Hole, MA 02543
The Copley Society
, (617) 536-5049, 158 Newbury St., Boston, MA, email
South Street Gallery
(781) 749-0430, 149 South St., Hingham, MA 02043, email
E X H I B I T I O N S
Osborn & Rugh Gallery 2008 - 2009
Winter Art Show - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2009
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA (two-person) 2007, The Outdoor Experience: Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn
Awarded the distinction, "Copley Master" byThe Copley Society June, 2006
Winner of an award at the The Copley Society of Art CoSo Artists' A to Z., June, 2006
Finalist (over 13,000 entries) - Artist's Magazine Portrait & Figure Competition, 2004
Winner of the First Juror's Choice award at the The Copley Society Juried Spring Members Show, 2004
Winner of the First Juror's Choice award at the The Copley Society Juried Fall Members Show, 2003
Awarded the signature designation "CA" (Copley Artist) by The Copley Society, 2003.
Winner of the Richard and Mary Schroeder Portrait Award at the The Copley Society Juried Spring Members Show, 2003
Winner of the First Juror's Choice award at the The Copley Society Juried Fall Members Show, 2002
Awards Judge for Bourne-Wareham Art Association's 40th Annual Art Exhibition, 2004
Received Elaine Pare Cohen career development grant, 1998.
Featured artist in documentary produced by Channel 13, July, 2004.
The artist is featured in the opening segment at work on "Shining Sea Bike Path" in a PBS documentary about Cape Cod produced by Weekend Explorer's Cape Cod (available on DVD),, May, 2004.
Featured artist on "Arts and Inspiration" documentary produced by Channel 13, March, 2004.
Featured artist on “Millennium Moments” documentary produced by FCTV, April 2000.
Featured artist for the "Eye on Art" documentary produced by Channel 13, June, 1998.
Books
Still-Life in Oils, pages 106-111, by Theodora Philcox,
How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Still Lifes and Florals vol. 2, published by International Artist Publishing, March, 2005.
Doug discusses the process of creating "Tomorrow's Designs".
Resume
The Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA 1996-2009
The Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole, MA 1995-2009
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2008
Copley Masters Juried Exhibition
The Copley Society, Boston, MA 2002-2008
CoSo Artists: A to Z: Award Winner, 2008
Juried Member's Shows: Fall 2002 - Award; Spring 2002 - Award, Fall 2003 - Award; Spring 2004 - Award
Fresh Paint 2003-2006, Small Works 2002-2006;
125th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition 2004
The Walsingham Gallery, Newburyport, MA 2002-2008,
Life's Splender, 2003
St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA summer 2007
Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2007
Little Treasures: Big Pleasures, 2007
Crane Collection, Wellesley, MA 2003-2007
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002-2007,
The Epic Still Life, 2002, Self Portraits, 2003
Tree's Place, Orleans, MA 2001-2005
Cahoon Museum of American Art,
Great Brush Off - Live Auction - Cotuit, MA 2004-2006, 2008;
Of Children and Childhood show, cahoon museum Feb/March 2007
Duxbury Art Complex & Museum,
Winter Juried Show, MA 2004
Guild of Boston Artists - Harvard Club, Boston, MA 2002
Oil Painters of America - Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, MA 2002,
Regional Juried Show
Cape Museum of Fine Arts - Live Auctions, Dennis, MA 2001-2006
Holland & Co., Nantucket, MA 2001
The Scott Bundy Gallery, Kennebunkport, MA 2003-2006
The Gallery at King's Wharfe, Kennebunkport, MA 2000-2003
Boston International Fine Arts Show, Boston, MA 2000, 2002
The Gallery at Langer Place, Manchester, MA 2000-2004
Sandpiper Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 2000
Marion Wine and Arts Festival, Marion MA 2000
Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA 2000
Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA 1997, 1999-2000
Woods Hole Handworks, Woods Hole, MA 1998-1999
Marion Arts Center, Marion, MA 1999
Under the Sun, Woods Hole, MA 1998
The Falmouth Artists’ Guild, Falmouth, MA 1994-1998
Library Antiques, Williamstown, MA 1996-1998
The National Academy of Sciences, Woods Hole, MA 1998
The Schuler School of Fine Arts, Baltimore, MD 1986
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA (two-person) 2003, From Woods Hole to Mt. Desert
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA 2001, Recent Landscapes
Sandpiper Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (two-person) 2000
The Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA (two-person) 1999, Shared Views
The Mazer Gallery, Falmouth, MA 1998
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1993
American Institute of Yemeni Studies 1985
D I S T I N C T I O N S
B R O A D C A S T
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Ava Publications, ISBN: 2884790128, March, 2003
How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint People and Figures vol. 2, published by International Artist Publishing, March, 2005. Doug discusses the process of creating "Illusionist".
Articles
Village of Big Science, Big Water, Small Pleasures The Boston Globe, Patricia Borns, May 31, 2009
Work in Progress - Open Studios, "Sea Air, Nobska Beach", New England Home's Cape & Islands, Summer 2009.
"Woods Hole, Tenish", page 28, Celebrate Cape Cod Magazine, Enterprise Newspapers, Summer 2009.
Opening Party for Osborn & Rugh Gallery, Falmouth Enterprise, Nov. 21, 2008.
Woods Hole Film Festival has Local Connections,
Interview with Kristen Alexander about her film "Portrait of a Master" featuring the artist, Falmouth Enterprise, July 25, 2008.
Cape Cod Magazine, Ideal Spot"Sunset Over Scraggy Neck" image is used, July 2008.
Cape Cod Magazine, Artist Profiles: Collection of Self Portraits, April 2008.
Holiday Gift Guide, Enterprise Newspapers, Homegrown: Gift Ideas from Local Artisans, Nov., 2007.
Home Gallery Magazine, feature, Keep it Interesting, Cataumet Artist Doug Rugh, Vol. 4 Issue 6, 2007.
Cape Cod Magazine, feature, En Plein Air Artist..., September, 2007.
Pocasset Artist Doug Rugh Has Been Named Copley Master,
Falmouth, Bourne and Mashpee Enterprise, by Joanne Briana-Gartner, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006.
Cataumet Arts Center,
Interview with Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn, Cape Arts Review, June, 2005.
Artist Achieves Realism with Hand-mulled Paint, Years of Honed Skill,
Falmouth Enterprise, by Ellen Lennon, February, 2004.
Doug Rugh - Painter, Artist of the Month, NewHampshire.com,
by Lisa Martineau, May, 2002.
An Artist for All Seasons, by Deborah J. Carr,
Upper Cape Codder, November 7th, 2001.
Cape Cod Life publications Cape Cod Arts guide, 2000-2001.
Various gallery reviews and feature articles, The Falmouth Enterprise, 1995-2007
Catalogs
Small Works - Holiday Exhibition Tree's Place Gallery exhibition catalog - Fall, 2004
Allegories, John Pence Gallery exhibition catalog - Spring, 2004.
Small Works - Holiday Exhibition Tree's Place Gallery exhibition catalog - Fall, 2003
Self Portraits, John Pence Gallery exhibition catalog - Fall, 2003.
Still Lifes - Florals - Interiors, John Pence Gallery exhibition catalog - Fall, 2002.
Cover Art
Cape Cod Magazine Arts & Antiques Handbook 2008, Cover Image
Putney Post Annual Report, "Days Harvest" - Fall, 2001.
T E A C H I N G
Workshops, courses and atelier-style tutoring in the methods of the "old masters" at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Cataumet Arts Center, Falmouth Artist's Guild and the Cape Cod Art Association, 1997 - 2004.
Guest artist (demo and workshop) at the Rhode Island School of Design, 1998.
Juried/Signature member - The Copley Society
Portrait Registry member - The Copley Society
Still living: date to come.
S T A T U S
Images and all content copyright 2009 Doug Rugh.