Motor Racing artist Gerald Coulson.
Motor Racing art print 'The Wizardof Oz' by Gerald Coulson depicting the
1999 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne being won by Eddie Irvine in his
Ferrari, his first ever grand Prix win
Eddie Irvine winning his first Grand Prix in the Ferrari F399 in
Melbourne, Australia in 1999. Although he was only given one and a half
days to test the F399 before the Melbourne race, he did at least manage to
get his choice of soft tyres. A choice that none of the other front
runners had made. The breakdown of the McLarens certainly aided his cause
but he still had to work hard to get away from Heinz-Harold Frentzen.
After fifteen podium finishes to date no-one was going to begrudge Eddie
his hour of glory.
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.
