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artist
Doug Truth
Born in 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana,
into a family famous for its mechanics, bricklayers, and lawyers, Douglass
Truth was cursed from the beginning with a heightened sensibility combined
with very poor taste. Attempts at remedial education throughout the years
have met with uncertain results, leaving him with a reputation as mixed as
his media.
He has worked as a
civil engineering designer and surveyor during the pipeline years in Alaska, a chef, building dismantler, English teacher,
and as a software salesman in Taiwan.
He owned and operated a graphic design and silk-screen company, Flying Turtle
Graphics, supplying his own unique designs on T-shirts, coffee mugs, and
posters.
Truth began painting
in 1996, and is represented by galleries in California,
Arizona, Indiana,
New York, and Connecticut.
After a serious
illness in 1998 Truth closed his business in order to devote himself entirely
to painting and writing. "After such a confrontation, or voyage, or
whatever it was," he said, "you find out what is really important
to you. I found that out, and am fortunate enough now to be able to do
it."
Truth has done
performance work with The Black Valley in Grass Valley.
He was a founding member and president of the board (2002-2006) of the
Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield,
MA. He wrote and published two
books, I Am A Dog and Revolution
of Flowers.
Truth lives in Nevada City, CA,
and is working on more books and his performance piece, Death As A Salesman.
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acrylic on canvas
acrylic on canvas
acrylic on canvas
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