John Lowrie Morrison, Jolomo, is one of Scotland’s best loved contemporary artists.

He was born in Glasgow in 1948 but his roots are in the Outer Hebrides. Between 1967 and 1971 he studied Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art.

He has painted the west coast of Scotland since the early 1960’s. He paints the light of the west ^ the light that bathes the Inner & Outer Hebrides. He uses strong colour to express this light.

In John’s paintings, the image of the croft is an enduring one, even as a ruin ^ as are other human imprints on the land that he knows so well the pole next to the croft, carrying power or phone lines; the gate from croft to shore or runrigs; the ladder constantly leaning against the croft wall ^ signifying the constant struggle against water and wind; and, of course, the peat stack ^ becoming rarer and rarer as island families rely less on peat.