Aviation artist Gerald Coulson.
Aviation art print 'High Speed Intrusion' by Gerald Coulson depicting
Tornado fighter jets at low level, training in sparsely populated
mountainous area of the United Kingdom.
Famous for the Dambusters raid during the Second World War, RAF617
Squadron is now based at Lossiemouth in Scotland. With its high-tech
Tornados, the squadron today presents a very different picture to that of
the 1940s. In 1990 they again found themselves in a combat situation when
Iraq invaded Kuwait and their skills flying at high speed - low level were
called on once more.
Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for
over 30 years. the Fine Art Guild have placed him among the top ten
best selling UK artists no less than 15 times in 12 years - 3 times at No.
1. Coulson's first love was aircraft, studying them and drawing them
at every opportunity, from an early age. His apprenticeship as an
aircraft engineer then as an RAF Technician and later an engineer
with British Airways, have allowed him an insight and intimate knowledge
of the aircraft he paints. Now a Vice President, he is a founder
member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and four times winner of the
Flight International Trophy for outstanding aviation painting. He
qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and is still actively flying
today - mostly vintage aircraft and can often be seen buzzing over the
Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth. Whatever the subject,
whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his ability to capture the
realism and mood of the scene is unsurpassed, making him one of the most
collected and highly regarded artists in the world today.
