[1] Primarily a realist, Rust's preferred medium is oil on canvas and his subjects range from wildlife, scenics, still-life, fantasy, portraits, pin-ups and nudes.
Early works concentrated on circus and portrait subjects, including such prominent individuals as Emmett Kelly, Merle Evans (Ringling band leader), and American painter Norman Rockwell.
Rust is a prolific and talented Pin-up girl and glamour artist, with over 850 pin-up and nude oil paintings preferring large 30" x 24" sized paintings.
[2] His career has benefited from the current revival in pinup art, but he continues to paint a variety of subjects.
"[3] Rust has produced more than 15,000 paintings, some of which hang in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.