The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Wentworth House, McMaster University
the late 1980s, china marker & oil

Current Exhibitions

"Cultural Debris", mixed media sculpture
Niagara Artist Centre's off-site Gallery @ Factory Outlet Flea Market
46 Turner Crescent, St Catharines, ON
until September 25, 2011

Juke Joints Jumpin', china marker & oil drawings
Gallery on 4, Hamilton Public Library
55 York Boulevard, Hamilton, Ontario
July 5 - 30, 2011

This, That & the Other, prints
Port Colborne Public Library
310 King Street, Port Colborne, Ontario
until July 16

From 1994 through 2004, Doug Carter was administrator and program coordinator at the Dundas Art and Craft Association's "Carnegie Gallery"
a non-profit gallery dedicated to the promotion of regional art and crafts,
located in Dundas, Ontario. Over his ten years at the Carnegie Gallery,
Doug was responsible for seeking out and staging the following invitational
group exhibitions: "Monoprints & Monotypes", "The Drawing Show",
''Regional Sculpture: Past, Present, Future", "Self-Portraits",
"15 Women Photographers" and "The United State of Assemblage".

In 1999, Doug conceived of, participated in and curated "BEAFRAID!"
for the Art Gallery of Hamilton's "Countdown To The Millennium" series.
Along with Doug, "BEAFRAID!" included Hamilton artists
Ray Cinovskis, Chriseddy, Chris Hartnett, Brian Kelly & Jim Mullin
working with the concept of recycling discarded computer components
as 'fine art" and commenting on other computer /new technology.

Mel Brown Live At La Luna, Hamilton, early 1990s
Providencetown style relief print

From 1962 through 1995 Doug played the 'blues' bass on the local &
Ontario club scene most notoriously with childhood friend,
blues harmonica virtuoso Richard Newell aka King Biscuit Boy
as well as with Hamilton guitar hero, Guitar Mikey McMillan.

In the 70's an interest in fine art found Doug starting to create visual part
in the style of Kurt Schwitters & Richard Hamilton. This lead to a year of studying painting with Gordon Perrier at the Dundas Valley School of Art,
in Dundas, Ontario. Printmaking & drawing at ‘live’ entertainment venues followed exposure to the German Expressionists and viewing an exhibition
by Franz Masreel at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the early 80's

Doug was born and educated in Hamilton and Dundas, Ontario, Canada.
He creates constructions, drawings, prints and paintings. Doug is a longtime participant in the Greater Hamilton area visual art scene participating in over
30 group exhibitions since 1973 as well as having several solo & two man exhibitions including a solo exhibition combining oil painting with assemblage,
“Too Close For Comfort: I Can See America From My Back Door”, at the Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, in September 2006.

In December 2004, Doug left the Carnegie Gallery and Dundas.
After spending 2 ½ years living in Wainfleet Township along the Lake Erie
south shore, he is now living and making art beside the Welland Canal
in historic Humberstone, Port Colborne, Ontario.

Do Ya' Wanna' Dance, mixed media sculpture

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