Chuckles

R. I. P.

1992 - 2010

Shelter mutt, studio companion, constant shadow, good friend and a good dog.

-Doug Rugh

Capturing an Audience

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"...A little later a girl came up to me in a rare quiet moment and said, "If I sit out there will you paint me?"..."

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Taking the Fork in the Road

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"...I'm in Paris and he's never left the farm. I had been spending time on the periphery dazzled by the bright lights and I come back and he's just sitting under the tree with Ferdinand smelling the flowers..."

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Apprentice

Man, 8" x 5" - oil/panel

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"...The apprentice coddles the sable over raised brushstrokes (cursing away Style's tempts), corrects a skewed perspective and steps aside, humbly, in front of the seamless Illusion. Later he winces at overlooked edges and gasps at unsubtle hues..."

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-Doug Rugh

Tickle and Hit the Road

View a larger image. Road to the Beach, 18" x 12" - oil/canvas
This road leads to Alfie's beach, a few yards of coast bought with sculpture, and a summer gathering spot where artists sit around bonfires.

Excerpt from this posting:

"...Thresholds are places of creativity which liberate the brain from its' rounded walls..."

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-Doug Rugh

The Right Brain at Work and Play

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"...The studio works start with this reportage and turn them into pictures..."

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Louise Don't Look At This

View a larger image. Plein Air Painter Indoors, 18" x 24" - oil/canvas panel

Excerpt from this posting:

"...so I poured a little poppy oil in a palette cup to speed up the paint and leaned into the canvas..."

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Time to be Nice

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"...It is hours of careful looking with a flourish at the end to make it look effortless...."

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Sparking Psyche

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"One morning, while I was attending the Schuler School in the mid-eighties, I woke from a dream in which I figured out a new method for drawing with accuracy from the portrait...."

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-Doug Rugh

Small Heads

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"Each of these heads is about an inch high and was done in 20 minutes. When the model doesn't show up at one of our local portrait sessions we all take turns posing. It reminds us how hard it is to sit still for even short periods of time. It's also a chance to talk about our friend, now frozen, without them butting in..."

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Lord of the Flies

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"...Soon I had a little girl and boy leaning on the shoulders of both my palette arm and my working arm. They had no idea that I couldn't work like that and the two girls who stood right in front of me -- right in my view -- didn't need their parents to tell them to look at the artist..."

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Camera Obscura: Light in a Dark Room

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"Girl in a Red Hat" by Vermeer

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"...A friend who is an engineer that sends laser light to the moon visited the studio the other day and we got to talking about the camera obscura (a projected image box that Vermeer had access to.) Now, every few days he calls me into his office so can see the improvements on a rig he set up in his window..."

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Pallid and Pretty

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"...I now have doubts about the use of arsenic for bathing and have always had them about the use for beauty. Regretfully, I let by a few apple seeds as a child and that may be the source of a slight tinge..."

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Extra Fresh

Sketch of the sculptor Alfie Glover

Excerpt from this posting:

"...Someone, an older woman, will come into my studio and say, "You wouldn't want to paint me, would you?" I'm conflicted because there are two ways I can go with this..."

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Eye Candy

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"...A photograph would most likely represent these nuances as a single and colorless light tone..."

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A Knife, A Face and a Bit of Color

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"...it is the chance to revel in pure color. Trowel on the thick paint and when it is just right, like a Polaroid developing, the truth kicks in..."

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Starting Trouble

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"...Cars kept pulling in next to me and the occupants would look over my shoulder..."

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-Doug Rugh

An Audience of One

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Excerpt from this posting:

"...Like the time when a big black crow landed on Hillary's straw hat. They both looked at each other at the same time and in the scuffle the bird flew off..."

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Pushing and Pulling

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"...only came to life as I pushed the paint around. I've found that there are two ways to make something up..."

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Look, I'm an Airplane. Wheeee!

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Excerpt from this posting:

"Scarecrows prove the point that gesture reveals much about character..."

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