The artist sketching at age 11 while on safari in Africa.

Exhibition History

Osborn & Rugh Gallery 2008 - present

Cape Museum of Fine Arts Annual Invitational Live Auction, 2015, 2017.

Third September Invitational - Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA 2015, 2016.

Dolphin Gallery, Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA 2015

Invitational exhibit in honor of Senate President Therese Murray - Senate Lobby of the Boston State House, 2014

The Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA 1996-present

Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2008-2014

Stunning Still Lives - Invitational, Falmouth Arts Center, 2014

Seeing the Light - Invitational Juried, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Cotuit Center for the Arts, 2014

Stunning Still Lives - Invitational, Falmouth Arts Center, Falmouth, MA 2014

Annual Invitational - Invitational Juried, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA 2014

South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA 2002-2013 Annual Invitational - Invitational Juried, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA 2013

In Praise of Women: How Women are Portrayed in American Art Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA 2013

Priceless: Works That Artists Wouldn't Sell, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2013

Guatemala Childcare Benefit ExhibitionOld Firehouse, Woods Hole, MA 2013

Celebrating Beebe Woods Through the Arts - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2012

Lone Figure in the Landscape - Invitational, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA 2011

Glories of the Garden - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2010

Memories - Invitational, Cahoon Museum of Fine Arts, MA 2010

Winter Art Show - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2009 Invitational, Falmouth Arts Center, Falmouth, MA 2009

The Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole, MA 1995-2009

The Woods Hole Community Hall Show, Woods Hole, MA 1988, 1995-2013

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

Solo Exhibitions

Falmouth Historical Society, Falmouth, MA, 2013, Stolen Likeness: Doug Rugh's Oil Sketches From a Falmouth Coffee Shop

Osborn & Rugh Gallery (two-person), 2008-present, Current Work

Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA (two-person) 2007, The Outdoor Experience: Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn

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

Distinctions

Gold Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Reader's Choice, 2015

Gold Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Rader's Choice, 2013

Juror (along with Hillary Osborn), Summer Juried Show, Falmouth Arts Center, 2013

Silver Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Rader's Choice, 2010

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.

Broadcast

"In Plein Air - Osborn & Rugh", a film by Manx Magyar, Sandwich TV, 2017.

Paintings by Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn were used in the film, "The Off Season" by John Stimpson, 2014.

"Capturing Character in the Oil Portrait Sketch", a demonstration film was broadcast on FCTV, SCTV, MVTV, LCTV, summer, 2014.

Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh, Cape Cod Arts and Beyond, Host: John Murelle, produced by SCTV, Spring 2012.

Short Film by Kristen Alexander: "Portrait of a Master" featuring the artist, Woods Hole Film Festival, 2008.

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.

Publications

Books

Legendary Locals of Falmouth, Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh,
pages 116, Falmouth Historical Society,
Arcadia Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-4671-0043-4

Still-Life in Oils, pages 106-111, by Theodora Philcox,
Ava Publications, ISBN: 2884790128, March, 2003

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".

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"./p>

Articles

"On the Horizon: Artists Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh Capture the Rich Landscape and Lifestyle of the Cape in Their Captivating Paintings.", Cape Cod Life 2022 Annual Guide, pages 72 - 83, 10 illustrations, by Chris White.

"Mastering 'the anatomy of everything'", featuring Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn. Cape Cod Times - SpringTimes Magazine, pages 29-33, 2017.

Trawling for Treasures: Downtown Falmouth's Art Scene Inspires & Excites by Theresa Pease, Simply Falmouth Magazine, Summer 2014

Arts & Artists: A Dozen Galleries to Visit on Cape Cod - by Matilda Brown, CapeCodTravel.com June 2014

Painting on Location, Cape Cod Outdoors Magazine, July 2013

Stolen Likenesses, by Liisa Silander, Our Risd, RISD blog, January, 2014

Arts, Culture & Living, Front Page, Image of "Studio", January, 2014

Painting on Location, Cape Cod Outdoors, July, 2013

Doug Rugh Opens Oil Sketch Exhibit, Enterprise Newspapers, June 25, 2013.

Profiles in Art: Hillary Osborn & Doug Rugh by Amanda Wastrom, 2013 Annual Cape Cod Art, June 2013.

Art Lovers Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Cape Cod & the Islands, Osborn & Rugh Gallery, pg. 74, May 2013

Two by Two by Mark Chester, The Bulletin Newspaper, June 2011.

Local Galleries Offer Art, Ambiance, Accessibility, and More, In Season Magazine Summer 2010.

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", Cover Image - Fall, 2001.

Teaching

Arts Alive Falmouth Festival Painting Demonstration, 2015, 2017.

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.

Affiliations

"Copley Master", "Copley Artist", Juried/Signature member - The Copley Society Portrait Registry member - The Copley Society

Current Status

Work in progress.