River Oaks Promotional Poster: Randy Rhulman Design & Illustration, c.1980

Title: River Oaks Author: Randy Ruhlman Design & Illustration Date: c.1980 Condition: Limited Edition and hand-signed. Rolled and showing only minimal toning; otherwise in perfect condition. Inches: 27 x 18 [Paper] Centimeters: 68.58 x 45.72 [Paper] Product ID: 308701 This lively limited edition promotional poster celebrates River Oaks with a beautifully stylized neighborhood map by Houston designer Randy Ruhlman, whose work is closely associated with the city’s map art and 1980s Houston cultural graphics. Created for John Daugherty Realtors, one of Houston’s long-standing luxury brokerage names, the poster turns River Oaks into a graceful visual calling card for one of the city’s most storied residential districts. The composition pairs a soft, elegant color palette with curving streets, formal landscaping, and a grand estate vignette, making the map feel as much like an invitation as a guide. Ruhlman’s signature style gives the piece a playful yet polished personality, while the John Daugherty branding grounds it in the world of high-end Houston real estate. In spirit, it is part neighborhood portrait, part real-estate charm offensive, and part time capsule of River Oaks at a moment when Houston marketing loved local character, decorative design, and a little social cachet. Dated approximately to the mid-to-late 1980s, it captures both the glamour of River Oaks and the distinctly Houston talent for selling a place with style. Background on Creator Randy Ruhlman’s design work helped turn Houston neighborhoods into vivid graphic portraits, and his 1986 map of Montrose and River Oaks is one of his best-known pieces. In that work, River Oaks appears not just as a neighborhood, but as part of a stylish Houston identity shaped by elegant streetscapes, local history, and a distinctly polished 1980s marketing look.