DOUG HIGGINS (American b. 1939) A PAINTING, "Sunlit Peak," oil on panel, signed L/L. 9" x 12" NOTE: Doug Higgins is a painter of contemporary realism. From his home in Santa Fe, NM, he travels throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe painting landscapes and seascapes on location. He works en plein air either with a portable easel or in his fully equipped studio RV._x000B__x000B_Born in 1939 in New Jersey, Higgins early influences came from his artist mother and from his mothers first husband, Samuel Burtis Baker, a Boston School painter. 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 Frank Reilly at the Frank Reilly School of Art and at the Art Students League in New York._x000B__x000B_AFFILIATIONS:_x000B__x000B_Life Member, Art Students League, New York, NY_x000B__x000B_AOA Master, Artists of America, Denver, CO_x000B__x000B_Master Signature Member, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, IL_x000B__x000B_Artist Member, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA_x000B__x000B_Artist Member, Northshore Art Association, Gloucester, MA_x000B__x000B_Member, International Society of Marine Painters, Oneco, FL. Provenance: Estate of the late Charles A. and Betti F. Saunders, Houston, Texas.