BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION
Bradley University, BFA 1952, MA 1953

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
1977  Midwest Watercolor Society, juried show, Award of Excellence, Duluth, Minn.
1979 Midwest Watercolor Society, juried show, Award of Excellence, Rochester, West Bend, Wis.
1980 Salmagundi Club Annual, juried show, Award of Excellence, New York, N.Y.
1981 Allied Artists of America, juried exhibit, Merit Award, New York, N.Y.
1983 Midwest Watercolor Society, juried exhibit, Signature & Life Member awarded, Rochester, Ill.
1991 Salon Regain, by invitation, Lyon, France. Five paintings exhibited
1993 National Watercolor Oklahoma, Gold Medal, Midwest City, Okla.
1996 Salmagundi Club Annual, juried show, New York, N.Y.
1997 Salmagundi Club Annual, juried show, New York, N.Y.
1999 Louisiana Watercolor Society, juried show, Signature membership awarded, New Orleans, La.
1999 Minnesota Watercolor Society, juried show, First Honors, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota.
2000 Salmagundi Club Annual, juried show, Dale Meyers Medal Award, New York, N.Y.
2000 San Diego Watercolor Society, juried show, San Diego, Calif.
2002 Louisiana Watercolor Society, juried show, New Orleans . La.
2002 Minnesota Watercolor Society, juried show, Minneapolis , Minn.
2002 San Diego Watercolor Society, juried show, San Diego , Calif.
2003 Watercolor West, juried show, Riverside Museum , Riverside , Calif.
2004 Watercolor Art Society-Houston International Exhibition, juried show, Houston , Texas
2004 Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibition, juried show, New Orleans , La.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1987

Author, Capturing Motion in Watercolor, published by Watson/Guptill, New York, NY. 144 page book with more than 300 illustrations.
Translated in French, Saisir le Mouvement a l’Aquerelle, 1991 by Bordas, Paris, France.

1988

“Arts Salutes” by Adelheid Fischer, six works feature, Arts: The Magazine of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, January edition.

1991

Author, Tauromachy: The Art of Bullfighting, a six minute video containing 140 drawings and painting. Merit Award, the Houston International Film Festival, Houston, Texas.

1991

Hands Faces and Figures by Angela Gair, seven paintings selected, published by Quarto Publishing London, England.

1991

Painting Solutions: Houses and Buildings by Hazel Harrison, two paintings selected, published by Studio Vista, London, England.

1991 "Creative Process" by Jack Hines, Southwest Art Magazine, April issue, CBH Publishing, Inc., Houston, Texas.
1992 Painting the Effects of Atmosphere by Patricia Seligman, five paintings selected, published by North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1994 The Complete Watercolor Artist edited by Sally Harper, four paintings selected, published by Chartewell Books, Edison, N.J.
1996 People in Watercolor, selected by Betty Lou Schlemm, one painting selected, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Mass.
1997 Best of Watercolor Painting Composition, one painting selected, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Mass.
1997 Best of Watercolor Painting Color, one painting selected, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Mass.
1998  Best of Sketching and Drawing, one drawing selected, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Mass.
2002 The Collected Best of Watercolor, one painting selected by Betty Lou Schlemm, Rockport Publishers, Inc. Rockport, Mass.
2002 Author, A Watercolor Journal of Florence, published by Mandragora, Florence , Italy .
2002 Painting Light & Shade, eleven paintings selected, Quarto Publishing, London , UK
2004 Author, Painting from Life, published by Watson/Guptill, New York , NY

Doug Lew is listed in:
American Artist: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries
Artists of Chinese Origin in North America Directory