Charles Doucette
Industry 1997
painted cast concrete and steel
18.5 x 2 x 58.5 cm
Purchased with support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 1997.
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1997.1

What makes a painting authentic? Can painting stand for something apart from the fetish it has become? For thirty-five years, Ferguson has tackled such questions by substituting mechanical processes and found objects for the hand-made, personalized mark of the artist.

Through the Window Bright 1997
Serigraph AP/6
Sheet: 39 x 54 cm; image: 36 x 50.5 cm
Gift of the artist, 1998
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1998.5

These “portraits” are made with pooling black ink washes. Due to the uncontrolled nature of this medium, the images are sometimes identifiable, and sometimes abstracted.

Patio Secrets 1997
stone Lithograph – crayon, on Pescia Buff 3/10
(Bleed) Sheet: 75.8 x 56.3 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.6