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Doug Ballou

Driftwood Mask by Doug Ballou

Doug Ballou was born in Oakland in 1951, and raised in Berkeley. Doug attended the California College of Arts & Crafts, earning a BFA in drawing, painting, and printmaking in 1973. He now lives, works, and plays in the North Bay Area, and has studied and collected Native art from around the world. Artworks from the Americas, Oceana, and Asia are his favorites, and have had the strongest influence on his own work. Doug has also done numerous abstract paintings on tabletops for local cafes, such as the Water Street Bistro, and the Aqus Café, both in Petaluma, and shows his paintings and masks in several local venues.

“When I’m very lucky and the timing is right, I feel like a lens to focus, or a tool to shape mysterious creative forces.” – Doug Ballou

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