Vernon Chilton

Vernon Chilton was born in 1950 and studied at York University and Carleton University. His work also resides in the collection of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (KWAG).

“The hoofed animal was an unusual choice of subject matter repeatedly selected for the collection. Vernon Chilton’s subject was the bovine. His serigraph, The Rite of Spring, is a humourous bow to Henri Matisse’s oil painting, The Dance, from 1910. Gary Olson is another printmaker who was engaged with the image of the cow through etching and lithography. Both of these artists were working in Alberta at the time. Alberta was a hotbed of productive printmaking probably due to the encouragement of the province that embraced all things cultural and developed new art venues and institutions of learning.” - Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant