Douglas Barger  resides in the Noda area of Charlotte, North Carolina.  Doug attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he obtained a B.F.A in Theatrical Design and a double M.A. in Comparative Literature and Art History.  Doug has been involved in design and painting for over 50 years.
        Starting his career in design, Doug created women’s apparel for the Salem Company and men’s apparel for the Hanes Corporation Venture Group.  He worked in wardrobe for Broadway plays such as Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Hello Dolly, Present Laughter, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King.  He designed costumes for many professional ballet companies including the Ohio Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theater, the Richmond Ballet, and the Memphis Ballet.  His film credits include Three in the Attic (starring Yvette Mimieux), Killers Three (starring Dick Clark), LeatherHeads (starring George Clooney and Renee Zellweger), Blood Done Sign My Name, and To Have and To Hold.
        Doug established a theatre company called Historically Speaking through which he produced and designed shows based on 16th century English music and culture.
        He established a gallery called Bodycraft in Winston Salem that specialized in wearable art.  During this time Bodycraft staged, with the American Crafts Council and the Society of North American Goldsmiths, “Pure Gold,” featuring the juried work of 25 of the finest goldsmiths in America.  Bodycraft also staged, among others,  an all-leather art show called “Hell Bent for Leather”  that was hailed as the first “all-leather art show in the Americas” by Art in America,  and an adult Valentine show called “Be Mine”.
        Doug not only created art for Broadway, film, his theater company and his gallery.  He has exhibited at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary  Art,  the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, the Evening Muse, and the Uncommon Art Space where he also taught a course titled “Paint like Pollock”.  His work currently shows at Fabo Gallery in Charlotte.
       He describes his painting as fauve abstract expressionism.  His art is sometimes abstract, sometimes impressionist, with intent to capture mood and emotion through the play of  light, space and vivid color.