Wood Sprites #1, monotype
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.
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 2008 and 2009 he exhibited in Port Colborne at Studio West and at Arts Place Gallery.
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
right beside the Welland Canal
in historic Humberstone, Port Colborne, Ontario.
November, monotype
the images on this page are from Doug's recent exhibition
"Which Way The Wind Blows" at Arts Place Gallery, Port Colborne
click here to see a gallery of the work from the exhibition.
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