Gerald Fellows
Gerald Fellows was born in 1945, in Quincy, MA, a city known for its great ship building and sailing heritage. As a boy, Gerald spent most of his summers sailing around the Islands of Boston Harbor with his friend and fellow artist Richard Loud.
Gerald attended Mass. Maritime Academy and later sailed as a merchant seaman. After serving in the Navy, he became an ironworker in the city of Boston. A self-taught artist, Gerald picked up his first paintbrush while still in grammar school and has continued painting throughout most of his life. He has taken his painting more seriously since leaving ironworking in 1987, due to a serious injury.
His dramatic paintings of historic marine yachting scenes have earned widespread acclaim and various awards. Gerald’s paintings are in numerous corporate headquarters and homes in both the United States and Europe.
Gerald has travelled extensively in the United States, Europe, and Central and South America. While in these countries he spent much of his time studying the Masters in such galleries as the Tate Gallery in London, the Louvre and D’Orsay in Paris, the Prado in Madrid and all the top galleries in the United States.
His history as an avid sailor, (50 years and counting) shows in his atmospheric paintings. He is a studio painter who enjoys painting mostly marine subjects but also paints landscapes, architecture, and some still life paintings, as well.
Gerald gets his ideas for paintings by reading articles on yachting, then follows up by researching the yachts and puts them into races and regattas that actually happened, being accurate in every detail. His paintings go back over a century, to those carefree days with the old guard and old yachts showing the way and feel of how it really was.
His work has continued to develop both in subject and substance, and the circle of admirers has grown dramatically. Today Gerald has broadened his repertoire to include marvelously evocative sailing yachts, coastal landscapes and historic harbor scenes that capture the excitement and competitiveness of important races of the nineteenth century. In contrast, his striking sunsets and calm waters provide the perfect backdrop to tranquil scenes of ships at rest.