John Lowrie Morrison (known affectionately as Jolomo) is very much one of Scotland’s best-loved painters. Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery: you only have to visit any one of a host of galleries to see the number of Jolomo-like prints and originals by the many artists who’ve sought to copy his distinctive style.
Often enough there’s a white house low to the ground; banks of moody grey island hills behind, a wild blue sea somewhere in between, and in the foreground a vivid mustard yellow or orange.
John didn’t begin his days in the west of Scotland. Rather, he was brought up in Glasgow and went to Glasgow schools; in the late 60s he studied at the famous Glasgow School of Art.
