Doug Hansen has been a Fresno-based artist and illustrator for over thirty years. Born in Fresno, CA in 1952, he is the eldest of six children in an artistic family. His father, Bob Hansen, was a U.S. naval aviator and the family was stationed in Texas, Hawaii and Maryland before returning to Fresno, California in 1974.
Doug is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Design at CSUF.
He teaches rendering and illustration in the Graphic Design area and considers it a privilege to teach at his alma mater.
He is recognized locally for his 23 years of illustration work at The Fresno Bee, and especially for his weekly series of pen and ink drawings of Valley landmarks called Fresno Sketchbook. The Fresno Sketchbook drawings were published as books in 1991 and 1993. Through the years, Doug has also illustrated over 90 historic Fresno homes that appeared in the Huntington Boulevard Homeowner’s Association calendars. In the ‘70s and ‘80s he was active in the underground comix scene.
Doug collaborated with his mother, Janice, and brothers Keith and Craig, to draw and paint the 126-foot long mural of the San Joaquin River now permanently installed in the Woodward Park Regional Library. The family received the Horizon Award in 2000 from the Fresno Arts Council for contributions to the community through the arts.
Doug illustrates a monthly article by well-known author Mas Masumoto for The Bee. The partnership with Masumoto has lead to two works published by Heyday Books in 2004 and 2007. Doug illustrates a twice-yearly feature called Tree Portraits for the FresnoState Magazine and has worked from home as a freelance artist since 1974.
Doug looks forward to the publication in spring 2009 of Mother Goose in California, a children’s ABC book he created and illustrated.
CONTACT
Doug Hansen can be reached at dhansen@csufresno.edu
COPYRIGHT
Unless otherwise noted,all art is copyright by Doug Hansen, all rights are reserved.
