WILLIAM S. FITTS

BERTA WALKER GALLERY

William S. Fitts, Harbor Lights, 1/1, 1999 monoprint 17 x 12 in

William “Bill” Fitts was born and raised in Forest hills New York, blocks away from Hudson and Ione Walker. They introduced Bill to Provincetown in the early 50’s and now, Bill has been a year-round resident of Provincetown for 60+ years. He lives and works in the home he designed and built.
Bill started his art studies at Columbia College while following his parent’s wishes to get a “sensible” degree in Economics. From there he was drafted into the army where he was stationed just outside of Washington D.C.. This enabled him to continue his artistic leanings by taking more art classes at American University. While in the army, he stumbled into a job of doing artist renderings of military equipment in action. Not ideal for a peace-loving beatnik but it was good artistic practice!

Once in Provincetown, Bill was a Vice President at the Provincetown Art
Association, became a member of the Beachcombers, studied with Phil Malicoat and was one of the first fellows at the Fine Arts Work Center where he has remained an active volunteer and participant in many of their summer
workshops. It is at the Fine Arts Work Center that Bill has amassed the bulk of his work in the print making medium. He was an instrumental participant in designing and building the print studio at FAWC and worked alongside many of the country’s most highly regarded print makers.