John Lowrie Morrison OBE

THE LEMOND GALLERY
Coastscapes of Kintyre and the Isles
JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON OBE
Saturday 4th October to Sunday 19th October 2014
Footprints in the Sand, Saligo Bay, Islay
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
The Bridge, Grogport, Kintyre, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 36”
Front Cover – (Cropped Image) Beached Boats, Isle of Tiree, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Moonrise, Arinagour, Isle of Coll
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
THE LEMOND GALLERY
CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FINE ART
John Lowrie Morrison OBE
Saturday 4th October to Sunday 19th October 2014
GALLERY OPENING HOURS FROM 11.00AM TO 5.00PM DAILY
THE LEMOND GALLERY
4 Thorn Road,
Bearsden,
Glasgow,
G61 4PP
Please note that this Catalogue features only a selection of around 60 paintings in the Exhibition
A full list of exhibition paintings are detailed on our website – www.lemondgallery.com
PAINTINGS ARE FOR SALE PRIOR TO THE OPENING ON RECEIPT OF THIS CATALOGUE
Any enquiries to Susan Lemond on 0141 942 4683 or Mobile 07834 771 809 or email [email protected]
www.lemondgallery.com
A percentage of the Artist’s royalties will be donated to The Mackintosh Appeal
John Lowrie Morrison OBE
Coastscapes of Kintyre and the Isles
Jolomo is one of Scotland’s leading contemporary landscape artists.
His success and incredible popularity stem from his somewhat unique and innovative positioning
within Scottish landscape painting. He has shunned realism and impressionism to create his own
expressionist landscape oeuvre – in this respect he is in a class of his own. Jolomo eschews the
literal interpretation of a landscape to create a more emotionally based conversation. He wants to
recreate the emotional impact that you feel when you witness a beautiful scene in a way that any
simple reproduction or representation could not achieve.
Jolomo was born in 1948. He invented the sobriquet ‘Jolomo’ in a Latin class, when he was only
14 – at that stage, he would have little concept of just how famous that name would become. He
went on to train at Glasgow School of Art from 1967 to 1971 under the tutelage of some of the
period greats like Dan Ferguson, Jimmy Robertson, Duncan Shanks and Sandy Goudie. In the
early seventies, a visit to Switzerland was to have a profound effect on him with the development
of his interest in a ‘high-key colour’ palette and this was followed by a trip to Paris and exposure
to Chagall and Soutine, when he started to build his compositions round the use of the colour
blue.
In 1997, following a very successful career in teaching, Jolomo severed all links to education and
turned to painting full time.
Jolomo is a deeply spiritual and committed Christian and this translates to his paintings – they are
full of optimism and are designed to lift and to please the viewer. Jolomo is also an incredible
charitable force, always ploughing a significant proportion of his income to various charities and
worthy causes. He and his wife Maureen are Patrons of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and in
2011 John was awarded an OBE. In 2006 he used this awareness to launch the very generous
Jolomo Foundation awards to encourage new and emerging landscape painters to promote
interest in the landscape genre.
Significantly, in 2013 John was offered a remarkable tribute, a very successful Public
Retrospective - A Passion for Colour Jolomo the Retrospective, at the Clydebank Museum and Art
Gallery 2013, which attracted over 20,000 visitors.
There is no doubt that John has become one of the key artistic phenomenon’s of our generation –
we invite you to experience our second solo show with John and to get an insight into how he
sees the glory of the natural landscape.
Footprints in the Sand, St Columba’s Beach, Iona
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Croft and Peat Stack at Gerinish, Isle of Lewis, Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Autumnlight, Back of Iona Village
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Wee Haystacks, Isle of Gigha
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
A Quiet Bay, Isle of Tiree
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Beach Path, Gigha and the Paps of Jura
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
A Jura Sunset from Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Eveninglight on the Golden Road, Isle of Harris
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Summerlight, Bellochantuy Bay, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Autumnlight, South Uist
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
A Machrihanish Sunset, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 36”
Low tide at Sunset, Isle of Gigha
Oil on Canvas, 16” x 16”
Eveninglight, Machrihanish
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Summerlight at A’Chleit Church, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Columba’s Beach, Iona
Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Path to Iona Village
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Croft on the Atlantic Shore, Isle of Tiree
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Croft on the Abbey Road, Iona
Oil on Linen, 24” x 24”
Stormy Evening, Machrihanish Beach, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Quiet Evening, Isle of Barra, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Quiet Evening at the Gauldrons, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
A Kintyre Hayfield
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Evening Storm Passing Off the Rocks of Iona
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
The Dutchman’s Cap from Ardtun
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Quiet Day, Ardalanish Bay, Isle of Mull
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Squall Passing over Kintyre from Gigha
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Autumnlight at Westport, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”
Eveninglight, Grogport, Kintyre
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
Sunset Beach Path, Isle of Iona
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
Beach Daisies, Isle of Gigha
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
Moonrise in Barra Airport
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
Soft Eveninglight, Isle of Iona
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
Wild Cotton, Isle of Tiree
Oil on Canvas, 12” x 12”
THE LEMOND GALLERY
SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY FINE ART
John Lowrie Morrison OBE
www.lemondgallery.com
Cropped Image - Autumn Moon, Lagg Village, Isle of Jura, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”