Jeff Fitzgerald’s creativity is propelled by all his senses; the distant call of the gulls to the chill of a November nor’easter. It all begins with a fresh sheet of paper or a newly stretched canvas. The play of color and brushstroke celebrate the brine in the air and steadfast granite coast. The paintings, driven by process and landscape, are as much about pigment and canvas as they are the sea and sky.

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His work, now in its 5th decade, is described as romantic, vivid, and experimental. Jeff was raised in a family community in the Greater Boston area, but he grew in the beautiful coastal town of Ogunquit, Maine, where he had the fortune of spending his summers. He attended UMass Amherst, where he pursued his passion for painting, graphic design, and art history. It was here that he found not only his creative identity, but the love of his life, Donna.

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The following years, Donna and Jeff grew together― living and working from Manhattan to Sanibel Island. Having found their way back to Maine, they married and started a family. Amidst a world of change, Jeff’s relationship with his artwork has never faltered. And his summer days are still spent in Perkins Cove, as they were many years before.