Rainbow Trout Painting

LaRue’s art education continued as a Medical Illustrator for the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences producing medical art with traditional mediums, computers, cameras, video, film and press equipment. Opportunities to train in digital media design, illustration and photography through workshops offered to state agencies allowed him to travel across the country, including the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Advanced Airbrush workshop at the Smithsonian Institute of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Doug has designed architecture, designed and published books and magazines, published an Arts & Entertainment magazine, photographed science and music documentaries independently and for the History Channel and Country Music Television, art directed films and commercials, wrote and directed a Screen Actor’s Guild independent film, appeared in studio feature films including Mike Judge’s Idiocracy. Doug’s work has been published in newspapers, books, magazines and movies around the world. His art has showcased in solo and group shows including the Texas State Capitol, Austin City Hall, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University and the Forsyth Gallery Collections at Texas A&M University.