DOUGLAS RUGH, CM, studied the methods and materials of the old masters at the Schuler School before graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design with highest honors. In 2006 the artist was granted the designation, "Copley Master" by the Copley Society, after winning five major awards and acceptance in juried shows with work representing all three areas of portraiture, still-life and landscape painting.

Mr. Rugh has created illustration 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. Oil paintings are in many private and corporate collections throughout the world. The artist has also been the subject of numerous film and editorial features and shares the Osborn & Rugh Gallery with his artist wife, Hillary Osborn, in Falmouth.