Duke, better known for his representational urban scenes of alleys and sidewalks, also produces plein air landscapes, military historical works, and figurative studies.  His most recent work explores the abstract expressionist genre, capturing a snapshot of the natural abstracts in our man-made surroundings, creating works on canvas.  He also continues to produce other works in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolors, oils and linocut prints on paper.

    Duke’s paintings have been exhibited at numerous juried exhibitions in San Diego and Southern California, and are held in many private collections throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. His work has been exhibited at Sue Greenwood Fine Art in Laguna Beach, CA, Oceanside Museum of Art, Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad and at the San Diego Art Institute, and numerous other group shows and corporate venues in the San Diego area.

     Duke is an award winning artist and 2007 he was a Featured Artist at San Diego’s Mission Federal Art Walk.  In 2008 is work won many awards at the San Diego County Fair and at the California State Fair.  Duke won a juror's award at the 2009 Biennial at Cannon Art Gallery.

     Duke is also a published cartoon artist. He has taught drawing and cartooning at the San Diego Museum of Art School and at the San Diego Art Department. He continues to write and perform as a singer/songwriter in his spare time.  In addition to painting, Duke’s professional career is museum exhibit design and management. He has worked as Exhibit Technician for the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Museum of Man and Mingei International Museum. 

      In 2006, Duke became Traveling Exhibits Designer for the San Diego Museum of Natural History where he designed the 2007 blockbuster Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition. Later that year, Duke assumed the position of Director of Exhibits and Lead Exhibit Designer for the high successful, USS Midway Museum, in the downtown San Diego harbor.