Welcome
Doug Rugh, CM is a full-time landscape, portrait and still life painter who maintains studios on Cape Cod with his artist wife, Hillary Osborn.

Doug believes that it is important for artists to work from life rather than photographs and much of his inspiration comes from the surrounding beauty of the Cape. The artist was trained in the classical atelier methods of the masters but is also interested in contemporary techniques and themes and looks for new ways to approach familiar subjects without resorting to the cliche.

Often a collector expresses an interest in a work while the painting is still in progress in the studio so in many cases paintings don't appear on the web site until after they are already sold.

Landscapes, Portraits and Still Lifes
His work ranges from: carefully rendered miniatures to full-size portraits. From studied still-lifes layered with glazes (and hand-mulled paint) to plein air works painted on location and large textural landscapes created largely with palette knives and partly from memory. His intent is to use the broad latitude of the medium to best express the visual inspiration at hand.

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Studio Visits
Doug welcomes visitors to the studios that he shares with his wife, the landscape painter Hillary Osborn, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Oil Painters Journal
Regular postings on the artist's journal document his observations and include oil sketches that may not be visible elsewhere on this site.

Correspond
The artist welcomes correspondence either through email or the guestbook (see "contact" page) from students as well as collectors, old friends and the merely curious: please don't hesitate to write.

Purchases

Underneath each painting is a listing of the current exhibition location. Please enquire directly from that gallery about that painting. If the painting is available at the studio it can be purchased online through PayPal (a secure server), over the phone by credit card, or in the studio by check, money order or credit card. Prices include frames and paintings may be returned within the first week if bought unseen from the web site. Please contact the artist for more info.