Douglas has always wanted to be an artist. As a child, he started drawing in elementary school. It was his way to escape.

He belongs to a generation of misfit kids from the ‘70s who spent their youth unsupervised, riding bikes through suburban neighborhoods, watching too much TV, and eating junk food. When the wave of Baby Boomer divorces hit us, he found himself in Seattle's emerging punk scene in the early ‘80s. Art and music were his escape. He briefly attended an artist’s high school and the San Francisco Art Institute, but drugs and alcohol overshadowed everything. Luckily, he got out alive.

Now, he lives in Alameda, California — back in the suburbs he once wanted to leave. You’ll find him driving his kids around in a Suburban, coaching Little League softball, being married, and working a career. He’s come full circle. The main difference is that he’s finally the artist he always wanted to be. His work reflects his life story of a childhood reborn.

Douglas started painting again during COVID and is self-taught. He prefers acrylic paints, Posca markers, and paper. His art has been shown in group exhibitions at the Transmission Gallery in Oakland, Brassworks Gallery in Portland, Studio 23 in Alameda, the Red Door Gallery in Alameda, the Grand Gallery in Oakland, and multiple shows at the Hive Gallery in Los Angeles.