{"id":33,"date":"2019-04-01T13:49:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cocobasic.com\/pekko-wp\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:33:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dougburgett.net\/studio\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33\" class=\"elementor elementor-33\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c15d3f9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c15d3f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-939a0b3\" data-id=\"939a0b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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data-id=\"1d5c8db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>\u2013 Henry Moore<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57cca37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"57cca37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81c064f\" data-id=\"81c064f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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During this time, Doug discovered the art of watercolor painting through Carl Johnson, a watercolor artist with a gallery in Galena.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Doug enjoyed visiting Carl Johnson&#8217;s gallery, where he would admire the paintings and talk with Carl himself. But Carl became a true inspiration when he allowed Doug to sit with him while doing two separate commissioned paintings on location. It was a privilege and a wonderful learning opportunity, but also a profound experience that would heavily influence Doug&#8217;s journey as a watercolor artist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Doug&#8217;s love for landscapes and architecture can be seen within his paintings, as his subjects are often places: some real, some imaginary, some from his past, and some from his travels.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6ed33 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"df6ed33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/DougBurgettStudio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">ETSY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad9659 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3ad9659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dougburgett\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">INSTAGRAM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be an artist is to believe in life. \u2013 Henry Moore Doug Burgett is a watercolor painter living in beautiful Savoy, Illinois, a small town in the midwest prairie, just south of Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois, where he attended college to study architecture and graphic design. 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