Doug LaRue

Exposed to a wide range of creative expression early in life through his family and through the community living in Austin and throughout Texas Doug quickly developed a passion for drawing and painting from his mother, an accomplished Oil Painter and the technical aspects of Photography, Design and Sports from his father, a Mechanical Engineer / NCAA Football Referee. Doug began to win art contests and excelled in honors Art, Science and English classes in high school, worked at camera stores, theaters and photography labs, interned with several photographers, attended summer classes at Southern Methodist University. Attended field trips and introductions to local news media affiliates and publishing companies. His yearbook team won a national publication design award and was featured in an documentary film— all of which led to a college scholarship. 

Doug graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design from Texas A&M University College of Architecture while working as a NCAA Sports Photojournalist for United Press International and Associated Press. LaRue’s art education continued as a Medical Illustrator for the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. His education continued through workshops offered to state agencies including the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Advanced Airbrush workshop at the Smithsonian Institute of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Doug career has always included elements artistic expression through conceptual design in a variety of genres. He has designed commercial architecture, designed and published books, designed and published magazines, produced films, art directed feature films, wrote and directed a Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) independent film and even in appeared in a few movies.

LaRue’s artwork is owned by private collectors worldwide including Texas State Capitol, Austin City Hall, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University Albert B. Alkek Library and the Forsyth Gallery Collections at Texas A&M University.