Born in Nevada, Douglas Van Howd is known for his highly realistic wildlife and western art sculpture and painting. He studied at the Art Center School in Southern California.

During the Netherlands-American Bicentennial celebrations in Washington DC, his oil painting of Yellowstone Falls was presented to the Queen of the Netherlands. He has twice been received as a guest of the government of Taiwan to present his works to President Chiang Ching-Kuo and President Lee Teng-hui. The office of the Secretary of the Interior in Washington DC has his bald eagle, Masters of the Wind, and his portrait of Attorney General Edwin Meece hangs in the Hall of Justice. The Roosevelt Room of the White Hou...