Artist and teacher, born in Newport-on-Tay, Fife. He studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, 1950–6. A Travelling Scholarship took him to the continent and Cyprus in 1956–7. He taught art in Fife for three years from 1959 and in 1962 began to lecture at Duncan of Jordanstone. Among group shows in which Fearn participated were Dundee City Art Gallery; Scottish Arts Council; Compass Gallery; and Dundee Print Workshop. SAC holds his work. Lived in Dundee.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)