MORRISON
MORRISON & THE SEA - THE ROCKS - THE CLIFFS
JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON O.B.E.
MORRISON & THE SEA - THE ROCKS - THE CLIFFS
4th May to 2nd June 2024
Private View Saturday 4th May 10am to 5pm
John will be attending the Private View between 1pm and 3pm
Sales enquiries welcome on receipt of this catalogue
Full exhibition may be viewed at
www.strathearn-gallery.com
The Strathearn Gallery w 32 West High Street w Crieff w Perthshire w PH7 4DL
Website
www.strathearn-gallery.com
Email info@strathearn-gallery.com
Telephone 01764 656100
A percentage of the Artist’s proceeds
will be donated to the Carer’s Trust
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JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON OBE
We are delighted and honoured to welcome back to the Strathearn Gallery, John Lowrie Morrison OBE, affectionately known as Jolomo, for a new Solo Exhibition of paintings.
John has a career spanning over 50 years and he is now rightfully recognised as one of Scotland’s greatest landscape painters of all time.
With the Strathearn Gallery celebrating its’ 30th anniversary this year and John being an exhibitor and supporter of the gallery from the outset, we are thrilled to be able to continue our longstanding relationship with John and to showcase the work of an artist of this calibre.
John’s instantly recognisable work is brimming with life and emotion, with deft brushstrokes applying intensely bold and vivid colours to capture a sense of connection and of being in a place like no other.
Photography by Simon Morrison
This exhibition of over 40 new paintings focuses on John’s lifelong obsession and love of the sea. Although always considered a ‘landscape’ painter, nearly all of John’s paintings feature the sea in some form and it is this long Morrison family connection with the coast and sea that is explored further here.
The new work as always promises to enchant art enthusiasts and collectors alike with a mesmerising portrayal of Scotland’s coast, landscape and rich cultural heritage.
We look forward to seeing you in the gallery.
Susan
and Scott Bennett Strathearn GalleryApril 2024
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MORRISON & THE SEA - THE ROCKS - THE
‘This title represents what I’m about … THE SEA
Although I’m a landscape painter .. the painting nearly always contains The SEA. The sea seems to be in my ‘blood’ !
Why is it in my blood ?
My Father Murdo as a boy was always going up to the family on Harris to work on the Fishing Boats that were plying The Minch … he was always telling me great stories of the Hebridean fishermen. As a wee boy I soaked this up and wanted to go live on Harris.
This has stayed with me all my life.
At the back of last year I was contacted from cousin the Rev. Iain Morrison the Pastor in Oban. He informed me that he had gone through some records to find that our Great Grandfather was a Light – Keepers Assistant working all over Scotland.
I couldn’t believe it - my Great Grandfather was a Lighthouse Keeper !!
He worked on the lighthouse on Isle of May .. Little Ross .. Ushenish in 1863
All my life I’ve loved Lighthouses and the Sea … from Tighnabruaich’s wee Lighthouse Eilean Dubh light in 1956 – to my trip on a fast Rib to The Bell Rock Lighthouse in 1969.
No wonder I love Lighthouses.
No wonder I love the Sea.
No wonder I love to paint them.
No wonder I have the sea in my blood!’
Dr. John Lowrie Morrison OBETayvallich
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2024
CLIFFS
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On the Edge of the Sea Benbecula
x 12 inches, oil on canvas
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Low Tide Arnish Point Lighthouse Isle of Lewis 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Through the Gate Isle of Iona
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The Red Rocks of A’Chleit Kintyre 18 x 32 inches, oil on canvas
Night Falls on the Mangersta Froth
16 x 30 inches, oil on canvas
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The Fairy Pools Isle of Skye 16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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The Mangersta Cliffs Eveninglight 16 x 30 inches, oil on canvas
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Storm over the Singing Sands of Islay 20 x 40 inches, oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
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Beached Boats Hushinish Isle of Harris
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Wee Haystacks near the Rocky Glen Iona 20 x 20 inches, oil on canvas
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The Gauldrons Innean Nan Gaillean Bay of Storms Kintyre
36 x 36 inches, oil on canvas
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The Yellow Rocks Isle of Iona 16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Isle of Rum from Eigg Eveninglight
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
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Tolsta Beach Isle of Lewis
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
Looking out to Sea Isle of Skye
10 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Big Rocks Isle of Tiree 10 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Big Breaker Westport Kintyre 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas
Eveninglight
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the Gauldrons Kintyre
24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
Beaches and Heathers Looking to the Paps Isle of Gigha
20 x 40 inches, oil on canvas
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Big Storm Passing over the Gribun Cliffs Mull
14 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
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Evening Storm Brewing Mangersta Isle of Lewis
20 x 20 inches, oil on canvas
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Evening Storm Mangersta Isle of Lewis
16 x 30 inches, oil on canvas
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A Rocky Beach Isle of Iona 16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Storm Moving over The Dutchman’s Cap Iona
The
18 x 32 inches, oil on canvas
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Cliffs of Mangersta Isle of Lewis
Eveninglight Looking to the Sea Kintyre
12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
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A Sea Storm Passing over Isle of Tiree 24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
The
18 x 32 inches, oil on canvas
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Rocky Coast of Islay Looking to the Rhinns Lighthouse
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Stac a’Phris Arch Isle of Lewis 20 x 32 inches, oil on canvas
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Stormy Evening Luskentyre Isle of Harris
18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
Paps of Jura from Oronsay Colonsay A Quiet Mooring
12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
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Mangersta Waves Isle of Lewis 16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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The Sun Setting on Ardnamurchan Lighthouse 16 x 16 inches, oil on canvas
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Carskey Bay near Southend Kintyre
16 x 30 inches, oil on canvas
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The Cliffs of Skye
10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
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The Cliffs of Dail Beag Isle of Lewis 10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches, oil
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The Big Rocks on the Singing Sands of Islay
on canvas
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The Gauldrons Machrihanish Kintyre 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
Eveninglight over the Paps of Jura
18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
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Stac a’Phris near Shawbost Isle of Lewis
12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
The Strathearn Gallery w 32 West High Street w Crieff w Perthshire w PH7 4DL
Website www.strathearn-gallery.com
Email info@strathearn-gallery.com
Telephone 01764 656100
Gallery open 7 days
© Jolomo Ltd. 2024
All images photographed by The Jolomo Studio
Printed by Winter Simpson
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