Gerald Bell

I am a self taught artist that has been creating all my life. I remember as little boy sitting at the kitchen table to watch my father paint with charcoal and oils. So my first works as a little boy were either in pencil or oils. But over the decades, my creative process has evolved from folk art to abstract to my current fascination and love of both pop art and shock art.

My work begins with inspiration. Whether it’s from images of the past. An experience or obstacle I am trying to work through or overcome, a color, a revisitation of a previous piece, etc. My current pop art and outsider art features humor, to add to the experience, make light of the situation, shed light on the outcome or the situation, and eventually act as a catalyst to the viewers thought process and realization of the outcome as it pertains to each viewer.

I have Asperger's (which for some reason does not appear in the iPhone predictive text... but Dunkin’ Donuts does!). So unless the interaction AND situation is exactly like a previous one from the past, I have trouble interpreting human interaction, cues, and emotions. These include facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, etc. If I happen to notice them, these subtle cues leave me wond...

Self Taught

"The Outsider looking in" Solo show @Gallery 440

"Holding Space" BIPOC Exhibition @500X (Where I won the show and was given the opportunity for an upcoming solo show in August of 2022.

"100 Days" Solo Diary Pieces show @ Gallery 440

"Yield" Solo show @ Daisha Board Gallery NOV 2021

"Arts Fort Worth Exhibition". JAN 2022

"Black History Exhibition" @ Mckinney Chamber Foundation. JAN 2022

"Art of Consent" @500X FEB 2022

"Project space" Fundraiser event @500X. MAR 2022

Fort Worth Art Fair. APR 2022

“Bloom in June” black art exhibition, McKinney, TX JUN 2022

“isms” solo show, Ft Worth, TX. AUG 2022

“HOPE” solo show. 500x gallery. SEP 2022

“FWBIKESY” show. gallery 440. Ft worth, TX OCT 2022