Catalogue for Jack's solo exhibition at Morningside Gallery September 2023
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY
JACK MORROCCO
IN GOOD COMPANY
JACK MORROCCO
9TH-24TH SEPTEMBER 2023 IN GOOD COMPANY
N O T E S :
All paintings are for sale and may be purchased or reserved upon receipt of this catalogue. We kindly request that decisions on reserves are made by 10am on Friday the 8th of September. Please contact us if you would like further images of a painting or to arrange an in-gallery or virtual viewing appointment prior to the exhibition opening.
Painting sizes are width x height and include the frame.
Alongside the exhibition we are delighted to launch a beautifully illustrated new book that offers a fascinating insight into Jack’s life and work. You can read more about the book and the exhibition via the QR code.
INTRODUCTION
Painting can often be a solitary pursuit, with the artist working alone in the studio or with the subject en plein air . Hours and days are spent thinking, looking and making decisions, before the first brush-strokes appear. Jack never feels alone though, and the title of this exhibition, much like the title of our book, reflects his relational and convivial approach to painting, and his seeking out the working company of other artists as part of his own creative process. When Jack stands before a blank canvas, looking to convey something of a scene, a subject, an emotion or simply something of himself, it is to the artists he admires most that he turns, starting conversations and making insights that find their way back into his own paintings. Jack’s studio is a lively place - with Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Monet, Singer Sargent, Picasso, Rivers and Blake all regularly ‘making an appearance’. When embarking upon a lilypond painting it is to Monet that Jack turns, seeking out what first fascinated him all those years ago about the irridescent pads floating on the reflective, watery depths. The painting process soon becomes a lively conversation about ways of seeing between Jack, Monet and the lilypond, a tacking back and forth between looking at the subject, trying to see what Monet saw and then looking back at the subject again. Thinking out the beginnings of a large studio composition, Larry Rivers’ great gestural oil collages are the topic of conversation, and in the cafés and parks of Paris, Jack seeks out the company of another group of artists - Renoir and the Impressionists this time. Different influences and different conversations, but always the same commitment to the idea that carrying something valuable forward is preferable to wiping the slate clean. The challenge for artists has always been to find new ways of expressing time-honoured subjects and Jack has developed an artistic voice that is uniquely his, but that shows continuity between the art of the past and his own work in the present. Paintings in each of his genres reveal the many conversations he has had with his ecumenical group of studio companions and we hope that you enjoy seeing the fruits of them in this exhibition.
Eileadh Swan Gallery Director
WATERLILIES
Lily Pond, Evening Sky, Westward Oil on Canvas | 122 x 122 cm | £17000
Lily Pond, Evening Sky Reflected Oil on Canvas | 67 x 67 cm | £6250
Lily Pond, Dusk Sky Reflected Oil on Canvas | 67 x 67 cm | £6250
Lily Pond, Evening Sky, Eastward Oil on Canvas | 122 x 122 cm | £17000
Waterlilies, Dappled Light & Reflections Oil on Canvas | 122 x 71 cm | £10250
PREV IOUS Emerging Lily Pads Oil on Canvas | 142 x 81 cm | £12000 R IGHT Lily Pond, Early Morning Light Oil on Canvas | 81 x 81 cm | £8750
Lily Pond, Evening Sky (Study) Oil on Canvas | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
Lily Pond, Dusk Sky (Study) Oil on Canvas | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
FRANCE, SPAIN & ITALY
Afternoon Light, Passeig del Born, Palma Oil on Canvas | 111 x 81 cm | £10500
Café on the Corner, Aix Oil on Canvas | 62 x 62 cm | £5750
Elle Attend, Bormes-les-Mimosas Oil on Canvas | 62 x 62 cm | £5750
Café L’Archeveche, Aix Oil on Canvas | 67 x 67 cm | £6250
Passeig del Born, Palma Oil on Canvas | 96 x 71 cm | £9250
By the Fountain, Cotignac, Provence Oil on Canvas | 57 x 57 cm | £4650
Dappled Light, Place Dauphine Paris Oil on Canvas | 57 x 57 cm | £4650
Rosé Chilling in the Fountain, Les Trois Ormeaux, Aix Oil on Canvas | 67 x 67 cm | £6250
Hazy Day, St Tropez Oil on Canvas | 101 x 66 cm | £8750
Café, Jardin du Palais Royal, Paris Oil on Canvas | 62 x 51 cm | £4250
Crowded Café, Cannes Oil on Canvas | 62 x 51 cm | £4250
PREV IOUS Evening Sky, Antibes, Côte d’Azur Oil on Canvas | 122 x 71 cm | £10250 R IGHT Café, Plaça de Cort, Palma Oil on Canvas | 72 x 72 cm | £7250
Pavillon de la Fontaine, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris Oil on Canvas | 122 x 71w cm | £10250
Morning Market, Pézenas Oil on Canvas | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
Flower Market, Mouans-Sartoux, Provence Oil on Board | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris Oil on Canvas | 122 x 71 cm £10250
Plaza de la Paja, Madrid Oil on Canvas | 111 x 81 cm | £10500
Bridge in Shade, Venice Oil on Canvas | 62 x 77 cm | £6500
Beach Day, Biarritz Oil on Canvas | 46 x 41 cm | £2950
STUD IO
Studioscape, Degas and Lute Oil on Canvas | 127 x 101 cm | £12250
Sunburst and Sunflowers Oil on Canvas | 111 x 106 cm | £12750
Violin and Velazquez Oil on Canvas | 111 x 106 cm | £12750
The Black Basque (Study I) Oil on Board | 49 x 49 cm | £3500
The Black Basque (Study II) Oil on Board | 49 x 49 cm | £3500
Reasons to be Cheerful IV Oil on Canvas | 274 x 175 cm £55000
Reading in Bed Oil on Board | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
Figure in a Doorway Oil on Canvas | 46 x 51 cm | £3250
Silver Pot, Roses and Goblet Oil on Canvas | 66 x 66 cm | £5750
BARBADOS
Washing Horses at Dawn, Pebbles Beach, Barbados Oil on Canvas | 96 x 71 cm | £9250
Sunrise Swim, Barbados I Oil on Canvas | 51 x 46 cm | £3250
Sunrise Swim, Barbados II Oil on Canvas | 51 x 46 cm | £3250
Washing Horses at Dawn, Barbados Oil on Canvas | 72 x 72 cm | £7250
Beach Towel Seller, Bathsheba Oil on Canvas | 51 x 51 cm | £3575
JACK MORROCCO DA FRSA
Jack Morrocco was born in Edinburgh in 1953 and educated at Madras College, St Andrews
Jack went on to study Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, between 1970 and 1974, under Alberto Morrocco OBE, James Morrison, Peter Collins, Jack Knox, David McClure and Gordon Cameron. This was followed by a Post Graduate year of study at Duncan of Jordanstone, after which he was awarded a highly commended post diploma - the highest possible award at the time.
In 1973 he was selected to study at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, under the renowned pop artist Sir Peter Blake CBE.
In 1975 Jack was awarded the Farquhar Reid Traveling Scholarship and chose to spend it in Paris and Florence.
Following his studies, Jack became an illustrator before going on to establish a design and marketing agency in Dundee, while continuing to paint for various galleries in Scotland and the annual RSA and RGI exhibitions.
Jack began painting full time in 1997 and since then he has exhibited extensively in selected galleries throughout Scotland and in London. His paintings hang in numerous corporate and private collections here. and abroad.
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY 94 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4BY 0131 447 3041 | art@morningsidegallery.co.uk | www.morningsidegallery.co.uk
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