Doug Higgins OPAM
He is best known for his plein air landscape and seascape paintings as well as animal and cowboy art. He also explores working from memory, limited palette, still Life, figural painting, portraits and enlarging studies in his Santa Fe studio. He will also frequently begin a painting on location and finish it at home in his studio using invention and memory.
MENTORS
Born September 25, 1939 in Montclair, New Jersey, Higgins’ early influences came from his artist mother and from his mother’s first husband, Samuel Burtis Baker, both Boston School painters. They both initiated him into the “Life of an artist.” From this early exposure to art appreciation, Higgins went on to study drawing and painting with the legendary Frank Reilly at the Frank Reilly School of Art in New York City.
AFFILIATIONS
AOA Master, Artists of America, Denver, CO
Master Signature Member, Oil Painters of America, (OPAM) Chicago, IL
Life Member, Art Students League, New York, NY
Artist Member, Northshore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA
Member, International Society of Marine Painters, Oneco, FL
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), honorable withdrawl
American Federation of Radio and Television Actors (AFTRA)
Actors Equity Association (AEA)
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