Dominant Yellow, Doug Croston, 1969
SRAG collection. Photograph by Sandra McEwan.
Doug Croston (1915-2005) was a painter, printmaker and photographer who worked in the ‘minimalist’ style. Douglas Croston was born in Brisbane in 1915. He studied art overseas in Papua New Guinea, the UK, USA and Europe. Between 1945 and 1968 he operated Croston Studios, a portrait and commercial photographic business, in Stanthorpe.
Doug was the first president of the Stanthorpe Art Gallery Society and had a long-term involvement in the Stanthorpe Little Theatre.
In 1965 he was awarded an Associateship of the Institute of Australian Photographers. Croston commenced full time painting and printmaking in 1968. He is represented in national, state and regional gallery collections, as well as collections held by colleges and schools, corporations and boards.