Observations by Doug Rugh, a classically trained artist based on Cape Cod,Massachusetts. (Overwrought penumbras, tangential tales and meager conundrums diffused through the squinting oculus of a shade arranger.)
Thursday, December 03, 2009
New Figure Studies Added to (eBay Style) Store
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Blink and the World Changes

Studio/Gallery since 10/2009
Excerpt from this posting:
"...One thing I've learned as an artist is that if I'm not inspired I'm wasting paint (also called: priming canvases the sloooow way)...and two months later I'm back at the easel dabbing with familiar brushes. Shades of the world is as you see it (Vijnana Baihriva for those who have time to delve into ancient texts.)..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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Monday, June 04, 2007
Edward Hopper
"...Hopper puts black where he means vague. The variations in surface between lost areas and visible texture, between brushed thin paint and scumbled opaque paint is just enough to make the canvas push into three-dimensional life ahead of it's two-dimensional facsimile..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.