| 2016: | London Free Press, March 2.. Water the common element of artists' Gibson Gallery exhibit |
| 2012: | 60 Painters. Humber Arts & Media Studios, Toronto, ON. May 18th - June 9th, 2012 (catalogue) |
| 2008: | Carte Blanche: Painting. Magenta Foundation, Toronto. |
| 2008: | The Toronto Star Saturday, February 23. At the Galleries: Doug Kirton. Review by Peter Goddard. |
| 2008: | The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Saturday, February 2. Doug Kirton at Artcore. Review by Gary Michael Dault. |
| 2007: | Still Water and Rain. Illustrated colour catalogue with essay by Rick Nixon, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery. |
| 2007: | The Record (Kitchener), Wednesday, September26. Grand skies to painted pigs. Review by Robert Reid. |
| 2005: | The Record (Kitchener), Saturday, July 9. Gallery Scenes. Review by Robert Reid. |
| 2005: | Sampler: The 2nd KWAG Biennial, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario (brochure). |
| 2004: | The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Saturday, November 25. Painting is dead? There's still life in landscapes. Review by Gary Michael Dault. |
| 2004: | Letters For Literacy. Catalogue. |
| 2003: | Sotheby's Canada (Auction catalogue), November. Important Canadian Art. |
| 2003: | The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Wednesday, April 2. Paintings that would be king. Review by Sarah Milroy. |
| 2002: | An Abstract Trail: The Painters 15 Exhibition. Brochure produced by the Shanghai Art Museum with remarks by Li Xiang Yang, Director of the Shanghai Art Museum, and Stewart Beck, Consul General of Canada to Shanghai. |
| 2002: | Letters For Literacy. Catalogue. |
| 2002: | Suburbia. Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario. Catalogue essays by David Somers, Gary Michael Dault, Ihor Holubitsky and Judy Daley. |
| 2002: | Pool. York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto. Catalogue essay by Carla Garnet. |
| 2001: | The Single Tree. Museum London, London, Ontario. Catalogue essay by Laura Millard. |
| 2001: | The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Monday, March 12. Painting: Dead Again?
Article by John Armstrong, included a reproduction of my work. |
| 2001: | The Record (Kitchener), Saturday, October 6. Fine Arts Meets High-Tech. Article by Robert Reid highlighted the digital imaging program in the Fine Arts Department at UW. |
| 2000: | Station Recollections: 30 in 2000. Catalogue for an exhibition of the same title at the Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario.
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| 2000: | Doug Kirton: Times of Uncertainty. Illustrated colour catalogue with essay by Will Gorlitz. University of Waterloo Art Gallery (Ontario) and Museum London (Ontario). |
| 1999: | Reverb, (Barrie, Ontario), January 28. Re-imagining Modernism, A look at works from MacLaren's permanent collection. Review by Elaine Murray. |
| 1999: | Artcity (Barrie, Ontario). Review of Re-imagining Modernism, December 1998 - March 1999. |
| 1999: | The Globe and Mail, Gallery Going page, Saturday, March 20. Doug Kirton at Sable-Castelli Gallery. Review by Gary Michael Dault. |
| 1996: | The Globe and Mail, Visual Arts page, Saturday, December 7. Doug Kirton at Sable-Castelli. Review by Gillian MacKay. |
| 1994: | Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections. Douglas & McIntyre, 1994. Robert Swain, with introduction by Robert Fulford. |
| 1993: | Reflecting Paradise essay by Jeffrey Spalding, exhibition catalogue, Canadian Participation, Expo '93, Taejon, Korea. |
| 1990: | Art For a Threatened Environment, essay by Timothy Long, exhibition catalogue, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| 1987: | Canadian Art, Summer 1987. Culture's Nature: Landscape in the Art of
Gerald Ferguson, Douglas Kirton, Jeffrey Spalding and David Thauberger. Review by Nancy Tousley. |
| 1987: | Vanguard, November 1987. Douglas Kirton/Jeffrey Spalding. Review by Leslie Dawn. |
| 1987: | Douglas Kirton/Jeffrey Spalding. Exhibition catalogue, 49th Parallel Centre for Contemporary Art, New York, N.Y. |
| 1987: | Arts Journal, Volume 3, number 3. Nature, Garden, Seed. Review of exhibition, The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario. |
| 1987: | The Oakville Beaver, Friday, May 22. Nature, Garden, Seed. Review of exhibition, The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario. |
| 1987: | Nature, Garden, Seed: Simon Harwood, Janis Hoogstraten, Douglas Kirton. Catalogue essay by Dale Barrett. |
| 1987: | The Durham Journal (cover). Thursday, April 9. Doug's exhibit, lecture, workshop. Review of Whitby Station Gallery exhibition. |
| 1987: | The Oshawa Times, Saturday, April, 18. Artist Kirton Plays Conductor In Gallery Symphony of Colour. Review by Audrey Maclean, of exhibition at the Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. |
| 1987: | Whitby Free Press, April 8. Painter Offers 'Image' of Landscapes. Review of exhibition at the Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. |
| 1987: | Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario). Review of exhibition at the Kingston Artists Association Inc. by Anne Sikora. |
| 1987: | Culture's Nature. Catalogue essay by Peter White for exhibition organized by the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| 1986: | The Romantic Landscape Now. Catalogue essay by John Armstrong for exhibition organized and circulated by Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario. |
| 1985: | Parachute #40. Radiant Vista: The Significant Landscape. Review by Bruce Grenville. |
| 1985: | Fire and Ice. Exhibition catalogue essay by William Wood for exhibition at Binz 39 and Gallery Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 1985: | C Magazine, number 6. Review by Donna Lypchuk of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1985: | CJRT FM "On the Arts" Program, June 12. Review by Marshall Webb of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1985: | 0C Magazine, number 5. Artist Project. |
| 1985: | Toronto Star. Artist's Work is Flying High. Review by Christopher Hume of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1985: | The Globe and Mail. Frolicking Among the Landscape Cliches. Review by John Bentley Mays of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1985: | The Globe and Mail. Radiant Vista: The Significant Landscape. Review by John Bentley Mays of the exhibition of the same title at Republic, Toronto, Ontario, April 25. |
| 1985: | C Magazine, number 4. Free at Last, Or Why There's Nothing Left To Imitate: The Almost Free Spirit in Toronto Painting and Sculpture. Article by Donald Kuspit. |
| 1984: | The Globe and Mail. Review by John Bentley Mays of Toronto Drawing at the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. |
| 1984: | The Gallery. Art Gallery of Ontario (bulletin), volume 6, number 7, September. Publicity for the exhibition Toronto Painting '84. |
| 1983: | Contemporary Canadian Art by David Burnett & Marilyn Schiff. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., (Toronto), in co-operation with the Art Gallery of Ontario. |
| 1983: | Artmagazine, December/January/February. Review by Marshall Webb of the exhibition The Discernible Image, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario. |
| 1981: | The Globe and Mail, September 23. Review by John Bentley Mays of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1981: | CJRT FM "On the Arts" Program, September 18. Review by Marshall Webb of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition. |
| 1981: | Artmagazine 55, September/October. Toronto/New York. Review by David Burnett of exhibition of the same title. |
| 1981: | Toronto/New York: New Directions. Catalogue essay by David Burnett for the exhibition of the same title. |
| 1981: | Source, (Toronto), August 15. Art and Archetypes: The Works of Two Toronto Artists. Review by Steve Fistell. |
| 1980: | Artists' Review, (Toronto) October, Volume 4, Number 1. Painting at the Galleries. Review by Gerry Needham. |
| 1980: | Vanguard, November. Exotic Modernism/Toronto. Article by Donald Kuspit. |
| 1980: | Vanguard, October. Douglas Kirton. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition by Nancy Carroll. |
| 1980: | The Globe and Mail, Saturday, September 13. Kirton Delivers Beautiful Beds. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition by John Bentley Mays. |
