MORRISON A Taste of & The Isles A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 3

MORRISON A Taste of Argyll & The Isles

Fresh seas, Dhu Heartach Light, The Torran Rocks, Mull Oil on canvas 16 x 30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 5

JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON O.B.E. ‘A Taste Of Argyll & The Isles’ at The Caledonian Club 9 Halkin Street, Belgravia, London, SW1X 7DR. (nearest tube: Hyde Park Corner) 24th August - 28th August 2017

tel: 020 7333 8722 email: [email protected]

The Artist will donate a percentage of Profi ts from this exhibition to The Glasgow School of Art Mack Restoration Appeal.

Alan Horn, Director of Development, Glasgow School of Art, will speak about the progress of the restoration of The Mack.

Detail from Dawnlight on the Ardionra Hayfi eld, see page 19 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 7

FOREWORD Dr. John Lowrie Morrison OBE A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 9

FOREWORD

Since I was a lad in the 1950’s I’ve been enthralled with Argyll and it’s Isles.

Born in 1948 North Kelvinside Glasgow – I was used to – not “the dear green place” as Glasgow was called – but a dirty, grimy, place… full of great industrial noise and colour.

And the colour was grey ! with a bit of brown and black.

The city had many beautiful buildings in those tones… now all cleaned up… but a number of areas were green – particularly the West End – Hyndland where we eventually ended up.

My parents were outdoor people .. having a tandem bike through the 1920 – 1930’s … they cycled up the West Coast constantly … sometimes with cycle clubs .. my Father was an early member of The Glasgow Wheelers. They got away from the ‘dear green place.” !

Their love of Argyll was implanted in me in the 1950’s as they took the family to places like Tighnabruaich on the Cowal Penninsula and in North Argyll – not on bikes though, but in a Jowett Javelin Bradford Shooting Brake - we camped - we stayed in caravans – we rented cottages – by the 1960’s Argyll was in my blood !

I had got the Argyll bug ending up living and working in Argyll since 1973.

Argyll and it’s Isles .. The Inner .. are simply .. just quite stunning.

And I paint motifs of Argyll’s Croft Houses .. Lighthouses .. The Landscape .. The Seascape but most important of all I paint - The Light.

The everchanging Light.

It changes with the weather.

It changes with the seasons.

It changes with the time of day.

Argyll is in my heart and soul giving me a passion to paint it …

Fresh seas, Dhu Heartach Light, The Torran Rocks, Mull Hope this “Taste of Argyll” Exhibition whets your appetites ! Oil on canvas 16 x 30

Dr. John Lowrie Morrison O.B.E. Tayvallich Argyll 2017 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 11

THE PAINTINGS A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 13

Fresh seas, Dhu Heartach Light, The Torran Rocks, Mull Oil on canvas 16x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 15

Beehives and croft in the moonlight, Kintyre Oil on canvas 20x20 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 17

Calm seas, the blue boat, Iona Oil on canvas 16x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 19

Dawnlight on the Ardionra Hayfi eld, Iona Oil on canvas 24x36 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 21

Morninglight on the Ardionra Hayfi eld, Iona Oil on canvas 36x36 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 23

Winter sunset on the Mull of Kintyre Oil on canvas 18x32 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 25

Incoming tide, Machrihanish, Kintyre Oil on canvas 20x34 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 27

A Knapdale evening, Argyll Oil on canvas 10x10 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 29

Eveninglight, Saligo Bay, Isle of Oil on canvas 30x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 31

Footprints in the sand, Isle of Oil on canvas 22x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 33

House in the Knapdale Woods, Argyll Oil on canvas 10x10 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 35

Quiet evening on the Mull of Kintyre Oil on canvas 12x12 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 37

Setting sun, Kilchattan, Isle of Colonsay Oil on canvas 36x36 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 39

Summer breakers, Isle of Iona Oil on canvas 18x32 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 41

Summer eveninglight, Cable Bay, Isle of Colonsay Oil on canvas 16x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 43

Summer seas, Ardminish, Isle of Oil on canvas 18x32 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 45

Summerlight, Balnahard Beach, Isle of Colonsay Oil on canvas 20x20 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 47

Summerlight over Iona Oil on canvas 24x24 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 49

Summerlight over the Abbey, Isle of Iona Oil on canvas 18x32 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 51

Sunset, Oban Cathedral Oil on canvas 24x24 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 53

Sunset on the Campbeltown moorings Oil on canvas 24x30 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 55

The gloaming, Isle of Gigha Oil on canvas 20x20 A Taste of Argyll & The Isles 57

Windy day, Kiloran Bay, Isle of Colonsay Oil on canvas 30x40 © Jolomo Ltd. 2017 All images photographed by The Jolomo Studio Portrait by Rob McDougall Design by [email protected] Printed by Buchanan McPherson Thanks to Paul Scharf, GF Smith.