THE LEMOND GALLERY Coastscapes of Kintyre and the Isles

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1 THE LEMOND GALLERY Coastscapes of Kintyre and the Isles JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON OBE Saturday 4 th October to Sunday 19 th October 2014

2 Footprints in the Sand, Saligo Bay, Islay The Bridge, Grogport, Kintyre, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 Moonrise, Arinagour, Isle of Coll Front Cover (Cropped Image) Beached Boats, Isle of Tiree,

3 THE LEMOND GALLERY CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FINE ART John Lowrie Morrison OBE Saturday 4 th October to Sunday 19 th 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 PAINTINGS ARE FOR SALE PRIOR TO THE OPENING ON RECEIPT OF THIS CATALOGUE Any enquiries to Susan Lemond on or Mobile or kenlemond@msn.com A percentage of the Artist s royalties will be donated to The Mackintosh Appeal

4 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 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.

5 Footprints in the Sand, St Columba s Beach, Iona Croft and Peat Stack at Gerinish, Isle of Lewis, Autumnlight, Back of Iona Village

6 Wee Haystacks, Isle of Gigha A Quiet Bay, Isle of Tiree Eveninglight on the Golden Road, Isle of Harris Beach Path, Gigha and the Paps of Jura A Jura Sunset from Kintyre Summerlight, Bellochantuy Bay, Kintyre

7 Autumnlight, South Uist A Machrihanish Sunset, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 Low tide at Sunset, Isle of Gigha

8 Eveninglight, Machrihanish Columba s Beach, Iona Croft on the Atlantic Shore, Isle of Tiree Summerlight at A Chleit Church, Kintyre Path to Iona Village Croft on the Abbey Road, Iona Oil on Linen, 24 x 24

9 Stormy Evening, Machrihanish Beach, Kintyre Quiet Evening, Isle of Barra, Quiet Evening at the Gauldrons, Kintyre

10 A Kintyre Hayfield Evening Storm Passing Off the Rocks of Iona The Dutchman s Cap from Ardtun Quiet Day, Ardalanish Bay, Isle of Mull Squall Passing over Kintyre from Gigha Autumnlight at Westport, Kintyre

11 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 Soft Eveninglight, Isle of Iona Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 Moonrise in Barra Airport Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 Wild Cotton, Isle of Tiree Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12

12 THE LEMOND GALLERY SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY FINE ART John Lowrie Morrison OBE Cropped Image - Autumn Moon, Lagg Village, Isle of Jura,

THE LEMOND GALLERY CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FINE ART. Judith Bridgland and Jonathan Robertson Saturday 6 th September to Sunday 14 th September 2014

THE LEMOND GALLERY CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FINE ART Judith Bridgland and Jonathan Robertson Saturday 6 th September to Sunday 14 th September 2014 Vibrant Poppies Oil on Linen, 5 x 5 Harebells at Margheracross,