Doug Russell moved to Laramie in 2005 accepting a position as Assistant Professor of Drawing at the University of Wyoming.

From 1999 to 2005 he lived in Kansas City teaching at Central Missouri State University, Maple Woods Community College, and the Kansas City Art Institute.

Previous to 1999 he held a two-year teaching position at Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey. He holds an MFA in printmaking/drawing from the University of Iowa and a BFA in painting/drawing from Columbia College.

He has shown at University of Wyoming Museum of Art; The Morgan Gallery, The Late Show Gallery, The Framing Girl Gallery, Lula Mac, The Michael Cross Gallery, and Hudson Home in Kansas City; at The Chait Galleries Downtown in Iowa City; and at Baseline Gallery and Workshop in St. Louis.

In addition to being accepted into numerous juried regional and national exhibitions, he has also had shown at the Carter Art Center at Penn Valley Community College, Park University, the University of Missouri Kansas City, and Avila University in Kansas City.

When not teaching or working on his art, he's out exploring on his bicycle, geocaching or hiking the mountains around Laramie.