MARTIN Doug
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Born 1948 in Toronto.
He studied graphic design and fine art at the Ontario College of Art from 1967 to 1971, graduating with honours. After graduation in 1971 he travelled in Europe then developed a career in Fine Art, showing in group and solo exhibitions and receiving public and private commissions including the University of Toronto (a portrait of Northrop Frye in 1972) and the Harbour Light Centre. In the summer of 1974 he was an artist in residence at the Cité internationalle des arts in Paris.
Returning to Canada he moved into freelance graphic art working for CFTO TV and Global TV. In the spring of 1975, he added illustration. His first major assignment was a full-page illustration for Macleans. At the same time he did a front cover for James Waley’s graphic magazine Orb. Other clients have been, Toronto Life, Homemakers Magazine, The Toronto Star, The Financial Post, Atlantic Monthly, and various book publishers. He has illustrated three series of stamps for Canada Post featuring endangered species. His interest in the environment has led him to assignments for the Toronto Zoo, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Ontario Science Centre. He has donated his time to the World Wildlife Foundation, the Evergreen Foundation and the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals.
From October 1 to October 12, 2008 the Papermill Gallery on Pottery Road in Toronto mounted Doug Martin Illustration: A Retrospective 1975-2008, a show of his work.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Cover front:
Orb Magazine 1-4, Nov./Dec. 1975.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content essay:
The Canadian, …. |
… 11 February 1978: “Counselling The Dying”.
… 4 March 1978: “Above It All”. … 11 March 1978: “City Span”. … 18 March 1978: “Father Oracle”. Writ., Jack Batten: 18d. … 25 March 1978: “Dicing With Death”. Writ., John Martin. “ Hot diggedy: the best dogs in town”. Writ., unidentified. … 01 April 1978: City Span: Fasten Your Seat Belts Please” Writ., unidentified. … 13 May 1978: “City Span: How to Be Your Own Lawyer”: Writ., unidentified. … 7, October 1978: “City Span: To Browse, Perchance to Buy”. Writ., unidentified. |
The Graduate, November/December 1980: “Short Comings”. Writ., John Atkin: 5.
Maclean’s, August 1975: “Putting On The Dog”. Writ., Robert Thomas Allen: 44.
Maclean’s, 7 January 1980: “Beyond the dark decades – a golden age of technology”. Writ., W. Lowther: 12.
Content program preview:
Radio Guide, 5-4, April 1985: “Celebration”. Writ., unidentified: 29.
Cover front:
The Financial Post: Moneywise, January 1990.
Harrowsmith, 89, January/February, 1990.
Radio Guide, 7-7, July 1987.
SOURCE:
“Doug Martin.” midlandparkontario.com/uploads/3/4/1/7/34170717/doug_martin_biography.pdf Accessed 4 March 2021.
facebook.com/people/Douglas-Martin/100010816713853/ Accessed 4 February 2023.
GALLERY:
Orb, 1-4, Nov./Dec. 1975: Front cover.
The Canadian, 25 March 1978: “Dicing With Death”.
The Canadian, 7, October 1978.
Radio Guide, 7-7, July 1987: Front cover.
The Financial Post: Moneywise, January 1990.
Harrowsmith, 89, January/February, 1990.