Doug Kirton – CCCA Canadian Art Database

Doug Kirton

Doug Kirton RCA received his B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of At & Design in 1ddArt Museum. In 2000, Kirton’s work was the subject of a retrospective mid-career exhibition jointly organized by the University of Waterloo Art Gallery and Museum London. Entitled Times of Uncertainty: Doug Kirton Paintings 1983 – 1999, the exhibition featured an accompanying catalogue with an essay written by the artist Will Gorlitz. Kirton’s work has been generously acknowledged by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Most recently, in 2010 he was awarded a grant in the Established artist category from the Ontario Arts Council. Kirton’s most recent work has been exhibited in a solo exhibition at the Michael Gibson Gallery (London, Ontario) in March, 2016. Kirton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo. In 2010 he was honoured with the UW Distinguished Teacher Award and the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2002 Kirton was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). In 2004, he was awarded the Kitchener|Waterloo Arts Award in the category of Visual Arts, and in 2012 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Creator Id: 332
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Ontario
Year of Birth: 1955
City: Waterloo
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: painting
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Work by Doug Kirton

Untitled (Microphone)

Work ID: 67007

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1979

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled (Microphone)

Work ID: 67008

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1979

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

80.3 (Bed)

Work ID: 67005

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled (Bed)

Work ID: 67004

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

80.2 (Bed)

Work ID: 67006

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Vertival Figure

Work ID: 67017

Measurements: 182.88 x 106.68 cm.

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

80.13 (destroyed)

Work ID: 67013

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled (Double Torch)

Work ID: 67009

Measurements: 45.72 x 45.72 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: graphite and polyurethane on mat board

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

80.1 (Bed)

Work ID: 67003

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1980

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Torch (Green)

Work ID: 67010

Measurements: 48.26 x 40.64 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: graphite and oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Cutting Out The Steps

Work ID: 67012

Measurements: 182.88 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Shallow Stage

Work ID: 67016

Measurements: 182.88 x 106.68 cm.

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Sketch 2 (Cutting Out The Steps)

Work ID: 67011

Measurements: 45.72 x 45.72 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: oil on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Black and White

Work ID: 67015

Measurements: 182.88 x 139.7 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Green Region

Work ID: 67014

Measurements: 182.88 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1981

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Speedboat

Work ID: 67018

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Bungalow

Work ID: 67028

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Cruiser

Work ID: 67019

Measurements: 50.165 x 64.77 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Driveway

Work ID: 67029

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982-1983

Materials: mixed media on paper on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Split Level II

Work ID: 67027

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982-1983

Materials: mixed media on paper on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

House of Cards Drawing)

Work ID: 67026

Measurements: 57.15 x 77.47 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1982-1983

Materials: mixed media on paper on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

An Observation

Work ID: 67021

Measurements: 182.88 x 243.84 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Drydock

Work ID: 67024

Measurements: 182.88 x 365.76 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled (Black Van)

Work ID: 67025

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: mixed media on paper on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Living with Psychiatry

Work ID: 67020

Measurements: 182.88 x 243.84 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Prisoner of Memory

Work ID: 67022

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Façade

Work ID: 67023

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1983

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Mountain-Lake

Work ID: 67030

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1984

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Forozen Lake

Work ID: 67041

Measurements: 121.92 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1984

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Volcano and River

Work ID: 67031

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1984

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Volcano and River

Work ID: 67032

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1984

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Intoxication: Canyon

Work ID: 67034

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1984-1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Intoxication: Waterfall

Work ID: 67036

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Brandy Snifter

Work ID: 67046

Measurements: 60.96 x 49.53 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Waterlilies

Work ID: 67040

Measurements: 121.92 x 214.63 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Edge of the Forest

Work ID: 67042

Measurements: 116.84 x 86.36 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Waterfall

Work ID: 67045

Measurements: 152.4 x 111.76 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lakeshore

Work ID: 67043

Measurements: 186.69 x 274.32 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Pond

Work ID: 67038

Measurements: 116.84 x 86.36 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Flock

Work ID: 67037

Measurements: 121.92 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Intoxication: Scotch

Work ID: 67035

Measurements: 50.8 x 40.64 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Forest Interior

Work ID: 67033

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Swamp

Work ID: 67039

Measurements: 152.4 x 215.9 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Waterfall II

Work ID: 67044

Measurements: 121.92 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group 2

Work ID: 67051

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985-1986

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group 3

Work ID: 67052

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985-1986

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group 1

Work ID: 67050

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985-1986

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group 4

Work ID: 67053

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1985-1986

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67047

Measurements: 187.96 x 93.98 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1986

Materials: oil on mylar

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Cascade

Work ID: 67049

Measurements: 203.2 x 213.36 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1986

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Stream Diptych

Work ID: 67048

Measurements: 125.73 x 365.76 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1986

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Bouquet

Work ID: 67054

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Hour of Power

Work ID: 67060

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: My Reflection

Work ID: 67058

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Vertigo

Work ID: 67061

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Repose

Work ID: 67059

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Mourning

Work ID: 67062

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: I Remember You

Work ID: 67056

Measurements: 91.44 x 497.84 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on canvas and panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: I Remember You, detail

Work ID: 67057

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on canvas and panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Requiem

Work ID: 67055

Measurements: 81.28 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Marsh

Work ID: 67063

Measurements: 203.2 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67069

Measurements: 71.12 x 71.12 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Acid Pool

Work ID: 67068

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Solution

Work ID: 67065

Measurements: 182.88 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Dissolution

Work ID: 67067

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Surface

Work ID: 67066

Measurements: 203.2 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Fuse

Work ID: 67070

Measurements: 182.88 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group: Afternoon

Work ID: 67064

Measurements: 243.84 x 556.26 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1988

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Alchemy

Work ID: 67073

Measurements: 107.95 x 107.315 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Night Pool

Work ID: 67074

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67080

Measurements: 38.1 x 55.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Halcion

Work ID: 67071

Measurements: 106.045 x 106.045 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Phosphenes

Work ID: 67075

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67078

Measurements: 38.1 x 55.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Toxic Pool Group 5

Work ID: 67072

Measurements: 60.96 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67076

Measurements: 38.1 x 55.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67077

Measurements: 38.1 x 55.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67079

Measurements: 38.1 x 55.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1989

Materials: graphite on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67088

Measurements: 65.405 x 50.8 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67086

Measurements: 50.8 x 65.405 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ravine Series 3 (destroyed)

Work ID: 67084

Measurements: 200.66 x 227.33 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67091

Measurements: 50.8 x 65.405 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ravine: Home Smith Park (sketch, destroyed)

Work ID: 67083

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67090

Measurements: 50.8 x 65.405 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67087

Measurements: 50.8 x 65.405 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ravine: Home Smith Park

Work ID: 67082

Measurements: 200.66 x 227.33 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ravine Scene

Work ID: 67085

Measurements: 91.44 x 203.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: oil on panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67089

Measurements: 50.8 x 65.405 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled

Work ID: 67092

Measurements: unknown

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: mixed media on paper

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ravine Series 1

Work ID: 67081

Measurements: 200.66 x 227.33 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1991

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Pantone Match Blue

Work ID: 67098

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Sap Green/Burnt Umber

Work ID: 67093

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variations, installation view

Work ID: 67099

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: Dracaena

Work ID: 67100

Measurements: 142.24 x 193.04 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Scheveningen Yellow First Version

Work ID: 67097

Measurements: 101.6 x 104.14 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Stable Violet

Work ID: 67096

Measurements: 101.6 x 104.14 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Neutral Tint/Mars Black

Work ID: 67094

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lethbridge Lodge Variation: Pantone Match Orange #021

Work ID: 67095

Measurements: 68.58 x 68.58 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1996

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 97.2

Work ID: 67105

Measurements: 59.69 x 60.96 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1997

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 97.4

Work ID: 67108

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1997

Materials: oil on canvas over panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 97.1

Work ID: 67104

Measurements: 53.34 x 53.34 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1997

Materials: oil on canvas and panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 97.5

Work ID: 67107

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1997

Materials: oil on canvas over panel

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 98.1

Work ID: 67106

Measurements: 59.69 x 59.69 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1998

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 99.1

Work ID: 67101

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1998-1999

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 99.3

Work ID: 67102

Measurements: 160.02 x 73.66 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1998-1999

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Inn on the Park Variation: 97.3

Work ID: 67103

Measurements: 60.96 x 60.96 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1999

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Manhattan

Work ID: 67114

Measurements: 86.36 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2003

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Afternoon

Work ID: 67110

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2004

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Noon

Work ID: 67111

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2004

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Twenty-Dollars

Work ID: 67113

Measurements: 86.36 x 91.44 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2004

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Morning

Work ID: 67112

Measurements: 101.6 x 152.4 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2004

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Evening

Work ID: 67109

Measurements: 199.39 x 165.735 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2004

Materials: oil on canvas

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA