JOLOMO @ SAGE GATESHEAD
John Lowrie Morrison OBE
13 - 20 June 2015
Overleaf:
The Ardionra Hayfield A Summer Morning on Iona
oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
£8000
John Lowrie Morrison OBE
Jolomo @ Sage Gateshead
presented by
Corrymella Scott
at
St. Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR
Saturday 13 – 20 June 2015 Daily 11.00am – 10.00pm (Saturday 20 close 4pm)
The artist will donate a percentage of the proceeds from this exhibition to Carers Trust
All paintings in the exhibition are for sale on receipt of this catalogue
View all 60 pictures online www.corrymellascottgallery.co.uk
For further information please contact:
Corrymella Scott e: [email protected] t: 07763 789112
Photography by Rob McDougal
Born in 1948 in Maryhill, Glasgow, John is now one of Scotland’s most loved artists. Having studied art at Glasgow
School of Art from 1967-1971, he went on to undertake postgraduate studies at GSA in 1971-1972 and then a Dip Ed
in 1972-1973. For more than 25 years John pursued a successful career in art education from his base in Argyll, West
Scotland, rising to Principal Teacher of Art at Lochgilphead High School and Art Adviser to Strathclyde Region. Since his
first solo show in 1976 Jolomo has become a highly successful artist. John has become best known for his painting of the
West of Scotland, filled with colour and passion.
Giving up his teaching career to paint full time in 1997, John has successfully exhibited his work in solo and mixed exhibitions
at numerous galleries in Scotland, England, Hong Kong and the USA. His spectacular career has been captured in film,
in the DVD “I Know Where I am Going” by mitchellmcglone and the BBC TV Film, “A Man With the Golden Brush” and
in the books “The Colour of Life” and “Jolomo - Retrospective”. John frequently features in the media, most recently on
the television programmes “Blethering Scots” and “Elizabeth Queen of Scots”.
John donates a percentage of his sales to charity and makes significant donations of art work to charity each year. In
November 2012, John and his wife Maureen were invited by HRH The Princess Royal to become Vice Presidents of Carers
Trust.
In November 2008 John was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland
and in November 2009 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Abertay Dundee University, for “A significant
contribution to Scottish culture”. In the 2011 New Year’s Honours List John received an OBE for services to art and to
charity in Scotland.
In 2005 John established The Jolomo Foundation, a charitable body aimed at promoting and encouraging the painting of
the Scottish landscape. Through The Foundation, the Jolomo Awards were launched in 2006 with the first Awards being
made in June 2007 and then again in 2009 and 2011.
The Jolomo Foundation launched the Awards for the fourth time in September 2012. The Awards prize pot will be
£35,000, the winner receiving £25,000, making them the largest privately funded Arts Award in the UK.
The Jolomo Bank of Scotland Awards 2013 were presented at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow in June
2013. For more information see www.jolomofoundation.org
A major Retrospective of John’s work was opened in June 2013 in the newly refurbished Clydebank Town Hall, Museum
& Gallery, running till September 2013. The Retrospective proved hugely popular attracting over 20,000 visitors and a full
programme of schools visits: – further information at www.jolomo.com
In 2013 John featured in Nick Crane’s Coast programme on BBC as it took in Scotland’s west coast, particularly Oban
and the surrounding area. And currently, an in depth film profile of John, including the Opening of his annual Mayfair
exhibition, is being recorded for broadcast by BBC Alba in October 2015.
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Moonlight on Ellenabeich
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
04
Dawnlight on Loch Indaal Islay
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
05
Heading for the Skervule Light Isle of Jura
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
06
Evening low tide Tobermory Isle of Mull
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£7000
07
08
The Red Boat Isle of Gigha
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
Soft Autumnlight Isle of Gigha
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
Dawnlight on the moorings Iona
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
09
Soft Morning Mist Isle of Benbecula
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
10
Autumn Moon Grogport Kintyre
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
11
Ellenabeich Quarry Reflections Easdale
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
12
Morninglight Ardnave Beach Islay
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
13
Evening Gloaming Isle of Gigha
oil on canvas 20 x 20 inches
£3600
14
Big Sea the Bell Rock
oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches
£8000
15
Afternoon light Loch Gruinart Isle of Islay
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
16
Winterlight at Aros Isle of Mull
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
17
Moonrise over the Angus Hills
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
18
Summerlight Iona
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
Eveninglight the boathouse Isle of Gigha
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
19
Ellenabeich Evening Reflections Easdale
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
20
The Gauldrons Kintyre
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
21
Early Morninglight Ardionra Isle of Iona
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
22
Moon over Arbroath Creels
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
23
Grogport Bridge Kintyre
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
24
Atlantic Eveninglight from Columba’s Beach Iona
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
25
Stormy Evening Machrihanish Beach Kintyre
oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches
£6000
26
Summerlight Loch Gruinart Isle of Islay
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
27
Stormy Dawnlight Iona
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
28
Eveninglight on the Singing Sands of Islay
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
29
Eveninglight Easdale
oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches
£2200
30
Misty Evening South Uist
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
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Summerlight Kintyre
oil on canvas 20 x 20 inches
£3600
Hillside Haystacks Isle of Harris
oil on canvas 20 x 20 inches
£3600
Croft on the edge Isle of Mull
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
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Light Evening Rain Flooded Quarry Easdale
oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches
£4000
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Tayinloan Kintyre looking to the Paps of Jura
oil on canvas 16 x 16 inches
£3000
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THE JOLOMO AWARDS FOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING
The Jolomo Bank of Scotland Awards were presented for the
fourth time in June 2013 following a record number of entries
to the Awards painting competition.
The 2013 winner, selected unanimously by the judging panel, was
Campbeltown born Dawnne McGeachy who won the first prize
of £25,000.
The Jolomo Awards, organised by The Jolomo Foundation, were
first launched in 2006 with the principal aim of promoting and
encouraging the painting of the Scottish landscape. The Awards,
which are presented every two years, are now very much part of
the Scottish arts scene and are Scotland’s largest arts prize with
a total prize “pot” of £35,000.
Also in 2013, for the first time, the Jolomo Schools Award was
presented. This landscape painting competition was open to all
senior phase pupils in Scotland and was won by Justine Nawrot
who, by amazing coincidence, is based in Campbeltown and
attends the local Grammar School in the town.
More information about The Jolomo Foundation and the Awards
programme can be found at www.jolomofoundation.org
e: [email protected] t: 07763 789112
www.corrymellascottgallery.co.uk