Douglas Latta uses his artistic gifts mostly in the fields of commercial art and portraiture. He received his BA Degree in Art from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina and the Master of Fine Arts Degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee

After five years of being an Art Director for CBS affiliated TV stations, 35 years ago he decided to follow the teaching profession and is presently an Associate Professor of Art at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

For his thirty-eight year professional career he has been very diversified in his artwork, completing TV set designs, theme park designs, oil portraits and modern as well as realistic prize winning fine art paintings. Presently, Latta works in oil portraits and wax based pigmented illustrations almost exclusively and has published his work in books, TV, advertising, Bibles and other commercial projects.

University Art Department Teaching:

• painting (3D construction / oil on canvas / portraits)
• Drawing (traditional / multimedia / prinsmacolor)
• Commercial Art (illustration / typography / print)
• Broadcast Design (video / computer graphics / scenic)
• Color in Design (creative / technical / psychological)
• Photography (35mm / medium format / B&W / darkroom / digital / scanning)
• Special Interests: (computer graphics, photography, reading, & bicycling)

Professional Objectives: Concurrent with my university teaching responsibilities, I wish to use my skills as a traditional media illustrator and portrait artist.

Educational Background:

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida: MFA Degree 1969-70
Majors: Painting and Printmaking (studied with Karl Zerbe and Bill Walmsley)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (taught undergraduate Watercolor 1969-70)

East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville, NC: AB Degree 1966
Majors: Painting, Design and Commercial Art (studied with W.B.Gray, D.Sexauer, R.Edmiston and Francis Speight)
Member: Delta Phi Delta honorary art fraternity
Dean's list

Mount Olive college, Mount Olive, NC: AA Degree 1962,
Two years, then transferred to East Carolina University.
Academic Scholarship and Most Improved Student Award

Employment History:

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa Oklahoma: Associate Professor of Art, 1986-the present
Coordinator and Professor of the Commercial Art and Broadcast Design Degree Programs.

Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, Adjunct Instructor of various Commercial Art courses, 1982-1986

Heritage University, Charlotte, NC Associate Professor, 1978-1982,
Coordinator and professor of the Academic Graphic Arts Program.

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK: Assistant Professor, 1976-1978,
Coordinator of the Art Division of the Fine Arts Department.

Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Instructor, 1970-76.
Taught the commercial art program courses.

WLAC-TV Channel 5, Nashville, Tennessee, Art Director, 1966-1969.

WNCT-TV Channel 9, Greenville, NC, Art Director, 1964-1966.

Retail Credit Company, Goldsboro, NC, Insurance Investigator 1961-1964.

Eastern Acceptance Corporation, Asbury Park, NJ, Collections Manager, 1959-1960.

United States Army, three years active duty, 1955-58 (two years overseas in Germany) Honorably discharged from reserves in 1963.

References: available upon request.

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