Fred Fellows

Fred Fellows
American (b. 1934)

Fred Fellows was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma near the Ponco, Oto and Osage Indian Reservations. Family tradition and respect for both the west and fine art had a profound influence as he grew up.

His paintings and sculptures have been featured in many magazines throughout the country; among them are Arizona Highways, Western Horseman, Newsweek, Southwest Art and Architectural Digest. His work has won many awards including the Grumbacher Fine Arts Award and the Printing Institute of America Award. He has won two gold and three silver medals at CAA exhibits for oil painting, drawing, and sculpture. His work was included in the first American art exhibit in Mainland China in 1980 and the Grand Palais in Paris in 1979.  One of his Gold Medal sculptures recently won the purchase prize to go into the permanent collection at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.

Fellows is a self-taught artist, but his skillful execution of western sculpture earned him membership into the Cowboy Artists of America in 1968. He was selected by the Hesston Corporation to be its National Finalists Rodeo artist and created a series of paintings, sculptures and belt buckles. In 2002 Fellows exhibited at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was also selected as the Tucson Artist of the Year.