Douglas Bourgeois’ meticulously rendered paintings reveal an incredible craftsmanship wedded with a mysterious ability to express a singular vision through obsessive attention to detail. The artist combines his technical rigor with a far ranging grasp of the iconography of late 20th century culture.
Douglas Bourgeois
Twilight High Yearbook
1978
oil on canvas
49 x 42 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Untitled (Martha and the Vandellas)
1980
oil on canvas
26 x 34.5 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Elvis and Dice Curtains
1981
oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Morris Day
1982
oil on linen
20 x 20 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Susan Moonsie
1984
oil on linen
24 x 20 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Aretha, Mysterious Lady of Sorrow
1981
oil on canvas
21.75 x 18.25 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Inger and the Hitchhikers
1982
oil on canvas
14 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Ava with Burning Cheeks
1975
oil on canvas
22 x 18 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Blue Christmas
1981
oil on canvas
14 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Twenty-five Gary Coopers
1981
oil on canvas
14 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Little Eva Daydream
1981
oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Under the Lens
1995
oil on canvas
18 x 15 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Jody Watley
1983
oil on linen
14 x 12 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Worry Tree
2001
oil on panel
24 x 32 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Traveler
1993
oil on panel
13 x 22 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Two Poets on an Island
1991
oil on panel
16 x 26.25 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Kitchen
1990
oil on panel
17.5 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Nightflame
1988
oil on panel
16 x 23.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Mistaken Identity
1991
oil on panel
17.5 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Haunted
1990
oil on panel
17.5 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Dreaming of Home
1993
oil on panel
11.25 x 15 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Garage Door
2000
oil on panel
16 x 18 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Blessed Virgin Appears to a Woman
1978
oil and collage on Masonite
18.25 x 24.25 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Development
1993
oil on panel
18 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Out of Here
1995
oil on panel
18 x 22 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
A New Place to Dwell
oil on panel
14 x 18 x 1987 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Refrigerator
1994
oil on panel
18 x 15 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Bird Communion
1999
oil on panel
32 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Her Dreams Were Like Medicine
1989
oil on panel
30 x 24 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Queen Latifah’s Party
1990
oil on panel
22 x 16.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Sanctuary
1994
oil on panel
16 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Two Cats
1998
oil on panel
24 x 22 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Tree Spirit
1986
oil on panel
22.25 x 14.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Woman from St. Gabriel
1991
oil on panel
20 x 17.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Suitcase
1990
oil on panel
20 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Anima Sola
1997
oil on panel
20 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Aperture
2001
oil on panel
18 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Black Cat – Fragment II
1997
oil on panel
15 x 11.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Bootsy Knows Where the Rocks Are
1985
oil cutouts, oil on panel
17.5 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Chlorophyll Pulse
2000
oil on panel
22 x 17 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Dollcake at Sea
1995
oil on panel
24 x 18 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Double Luck
1998
oil on panel
18 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
St. Anthony Appears to Tony
1989
oil on panel
16 x 14.5 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Duo
1996
oil on panel
15 x 12 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Intimate Circuits
1998
oil on panel
16 x 18 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Kim and Ed – The Remix
2001
oil on panel
17 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Lacrima Christi High School ’56
1996
oil on panel
20 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Patchwork for Roy Rogers
1993
oil on panel
16 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Poet in her Kitchen
1982
oil on panel
14 x 14 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Pop Singer
1992
oil on panel
24 x 18 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Richard Alvarez Dancing with a Friend
1986
oil on panel
11 x 10 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Setchie as St. Francis
1983
oil on paper
20 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Talent Show Audition 1973
2000
oil on panel
24 x 16 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
In the Dark Nineties
1985
mixed media construction
30.5 x 10.25 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Mystical Aretha
1988
mixed media construction
18.25 x 18.25 x 5 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Alien Cabaret
1988
mixed media construction
22.5 x 19.25 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Little Child Inside I
1988
mixed media
21.25 x 17 x 4.5 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
The Little Child Inside II
1988
mixed media construction
21.25 x 17.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Horoscope Stress
1988
mixed media construction
15.25 x 11.25 x 2.75 inches
Douglas Bourgeois
Ball of Confusion
1986
mixed media construction
17.75 x 12 x 12 inches