The artist on location.

Education

1995 Master of Fine Arts, Painting: University of North Carolina, Greensboro

1994 New York Studio School: Summer Program including Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson and Landscape Painting with John Dubrow and Eric Holtzman

1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Distinctions

2018 Gold Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Reader's Choice

2016 Best Nocturne for "Twilight on Mill Pond", Plein Air Salon Magazine pages 104-105.

2015 Gold Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Reader's Choice

2014 Selected as finalist (out of 7,500 entries) for "Ornament" in the Still Life/Interior category of The Artist's Magazine 31st Annual Art Competition.

2014 Alden Bryan Award for Best Traditional Landscape in Oil for "Twilight, Mill Pond", Copley Society.

2013 Gold Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Reader's Choice

2013 Juror (along with Doug Rugh), Summer Juried Show, Falmouth Arts Center

2011 Juror - Birds in the Hall, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

2010 Silver Medal, Best Fine Art Galleries - Upper Cape Cod, Cape Cod Life Rader's Choice

2002 Fourth Place Award, Oil Painters of America Regional Show: Juror: Everett Kinstler

2000 Elaine Pear Cohen Award, Falmouth Council for the Arts

1999 Finalist in The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition

1999 Emerging Artist in Cape Cod Life Magazine

1999 Best in Show, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1998 Honorable Mention, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1997 Honorable Mention, Crabbie Art Awards, Art Calendar Magazine

1997 Best Contemporary, Summer Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1997 Best Landscape, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1996 Honorable Mention, All New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association

1996 First Place Award, Cape Cod Art Association

1996 Best Figure Work, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1995 Best in Show, Fall Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild

1983 Boston Globe Gold Key Award, Boston, MA

Exhibition History

Osborn & Rugh Gallery 2008 - present

Coso Aritists: Summer Hours, Copley Society of Art, Summer 2017.

Third September Invitational - Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA 2015, 2016

Dolphin Gallery, Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA 2015

2014-Invitational exhibit in honor of Senate President Therese Murray - Senate Lobby of the Boston State House

2008-prsent Osborn & Rugh Gallery

1997-present The Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA

2008-2014 Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

1998-2017 The Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA

2014 "Stunning Still Lives", Invitational, Falmouth Arts Center

2002-2013 South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA

2013 "Priceless: Works That Artists Wouldn't Sell," Cape Cod Museum of Art

2013 "Guatemala Childcare Benefit Exhibition"Old Firehouse, Woods Hole, MA

2011 "Sometimes Cloudy, Sometimes Clear" Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis, MA

2010 "Glories of the Garden" - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

2010 "Memories" - Invitational, Cahoon Museum of Fine Arts, MA

2009 Winter Art Show - Invitational, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

2009 Invitational, Falmouth Arts Centerl, Falmouth, MA

1997-2009 The Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole, MA

2007 "Little Treasures: Big Pleasures", Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

2002 "OPA East/Southeast Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils" Brazier Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.

2002 "Fresh Paint" Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA.

2001 "Small Works Show", Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA

2001 "Boston International Fine Arts Show" Cyclorama Center, Boston, MA

2000 "Natural Views", Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA 2000 "New Members Show", Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA

1999 "Fall Juried Show", Copley Society, Boston, MA Juror: Sam Barber

1999 "Shared Views", Cape Gallery Framer , Falmouth, MA

1998 "Preview Exhibition", Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA

1998 "Exteriors", Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA

1998 "Abstract Show", Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA

1998 "Women Creating", Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA

1997 "Faraway Places", Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA

1997 "Cataumet Art Center 24 Artists", C3TV Gallery, Yarmouth, MA

1997 "Figuratively Speaking", Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA

1996 Faxon Center Gallery, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA

1996 "All New England Exhibition", Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA

1995 "Fall Open Juried Show", Falmouth Artists Guild, Falmouth, MA

1995 "New Breed 3 UNCG-UNC", Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC

1995 "1995 National Competition Exhibition", First Street Gallery, New York, NY Juror: Sidney Goodman

1995 "MFA Thesis Exhibition", Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Solo Exhibitions

2008-present (two-person), Current Work, Osborn & Rugh Gallery

2007 "The Outdoor Experience: Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn" (two-person), Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA

2003 "From Woods Hole to Mt. Desert"Cataumet" (two-person), Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA

2001 Keogh & Riehlman Fine Art, New York, NY.

2001 "Recent Landscapes", Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA,

2001 "Third Annual: Walk Through Provincetown" Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

2000 "Walk Through Provincetown", Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1998 "Recent Work" Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1999 Shared ViewsThe Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA (two-person)

1998 "Atlantic Waters/Apricot Skies", Cape Gallery Framer, Falmouth, MA

Broadcast

2017 "In Plein Air - Osborn & Rugh", a film by Manx Magyar, Sandwich TV.

2014 Paintings by Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn were used in the film, "The Off Season" by John Stimpson

"Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh", Cape Cod Arts and Beyond, Host: John Murelle, produced by SCTV, Spring 2012

July 2008 Featured artist on "A Closer Look" documentary produced by Bourne Cable Access, Channel 13

March, 2004 Featured artist on "Arts and Inspiration" documentary produced by Bourne Cable Access, Channel 13

April 2000 Featured artist on "Millennium Moments" documentary produced by FCTV

June 1998 Featured artist for the "Eye on Art" documentary produced by Channel 13

Publications

Books

Legendary Locals of Falmouth, Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh,
pages 116, Falmouth Historical Society,
Arcadia Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-4671-0043-4

2000-2001 "Cape Cod Arts Guide" Cape Cod Life publications

Articles

"On the Horizon: Artists Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh Capture the Rich Landscape and Lifestyle of the Cape in Their Captivating Paintings.", Cape Cod Life 2022 Annual Guide, pages 72 - 83, 10 illustrations, by Chris White.

"The Artful Home", by Julie Craven Wagner featuring Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh. Cape Cod Home Magazine pages 67-74, 2018 Annual Guide.

"The Art of Love: Couple Artists", by Joanne Brianna Gartner featuring Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh. The Falmouth Enterprise, February 9, 2018.

"Mastering 'the anatomy of everything'", featuring Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh. Cape Cod Home Magazine, by Julie Craven Wagner, pages 29-33, 2017.

"Gallery Hopping", by Pamela Quirinale featuring Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn. Simply Falmouth Magazine, Page 49, Summer 2017.

Summer 2014, Trawling for Treasures: Downtown Falmouth's Art Scene Inspires & Excites by Theresa Pease, Simply Falmouth Magazine, pages 26-28, 5 images

Arts & Artists: A Dozen Galleries to Visit on Cape Cod - by Matilda Brown, CapeCodTravel.com June 2014

July 2013 Painting on Location, Cape Cod Outdoors Magazine

June 2013 Profiles in Art: Hillary Osborn & Doug Rugh by Amanda Wastrom, 2013 Annual Cape Cod Art Magazine

May 2013 Art Lovers Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Cape Cod & the Islands, Osborn & Rugh Gallery, pg. 74

June 2011 "Two by Two", by Mark Chester, The Bulletin Newspaper

Summer 2010 "Local Galleries Offer Art, Ambiance, Accessibility, and More", In Season Magazine

May 31, 2009 "Village of Big Science, Big Water, Small Pleasures", The Boston Globe, Patricia Borns

Nov. 21, 2008 "Opening Party for Osborn & Rugh Gallery", Falmouth Enterprise,

August, 1999 "Emerging Artists", Cape Cod Life Magazine

August 12,2099 "Portrait of the Artist", Provincetown Magazine

September 14, 2000 "Portrait of the Artist", Provincetown Magazine

June, 2005 Cataumet Arts Center, "Interview with Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn", Cape Cod Arts Review

1995-2007 Various gallery reviews and feature articles, The Falmouth Enterprise

Spring 2005 "Natural Instincts", Cape Cod & Islands Home

"Painting the Cape", Cape Cod Life Magazine 5/2008

Teaching

Lectures

2011 "Picturing the Landscape: a look at artistic inspiration both past and present of our local landscape", Cataumet Schoolhouse, Tuesday Talks 2010 "George Inness: A Look at the Modern 19th Century Painter", Osborn & Rugh Gallery 2001 "Ships, Slips and Boats Afloat", Tuesday with the Muse Series, Cape Museum, Dennis, MA

Arts Alive Falmouth Festival Painting Demonstration, 2016.

1998 "Painting and the Art of Seeing, Abstract Expressionism and Richard Diebenkorn", Woods Hole Women’s Club, Fisher House, Woods Hole, MA

1997 "Process of Developing a Personal Language in Painting", Cataumet Art Center

Ongoing workshops, courses and tutoring at the Cataumet Arts Center, Falmouth Artist's Guild and the Cape Cod Art Association, 1996 - 2007.

Affiliations

Copley Artist signature member - The Copley Society