Ian Hucke Douglas, a resident of New Mexico, says “I love storytelling. My art, if I do it well, provides the ability to be a storyteller without words. My goal is to draw what I love well, and be able to make a living doing that.” His main body of work is inspired by curiosity in strangers around him and their possible lives. In his series of portraits, People Watching, Ian invents playful mini-stories about his anonymous models. Ian recently exhibited a solo show in New Mexico and self-published a collection of paintings and stories from his “People Watching” series.