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John Lowrie Morrison DA. (jolomo)

  • 1948 Born Glasgow
  • 1952-59 Dowanhill Primary School, Glasgow
  • 1959-60 Hyndland Prep School
  • 1960-67 Hyndland Secondary School
  • 1967-71 Glasgow School of Art, Drawing and Painting
  • 1969 Worked for a summer at Templeton's Carpets Glasgow, designing Norsk rugs, and learning colour balance and colour mixing in the Slab Room. Met wife Maureen at Templeton's.
  • 1971-72 Post graduate study, Glasgow School of Art, mostly figurative work
  • 1972-73 DipEd at Jordanhill College, Glasgow
  • 1973 Moved to Argyll, teaching at Lochgilphead High School
  • 1976 First Solo Show
  • 1978 Moved to Tayvallich, Argyll
  • 1985 'jolomo' signature began appearing on his work
  • 1988-94 Principal Teacher of Art, Lochgilphead High School
  • 1994-96 Art Adviser, Strathclyde Regional Council
  • 1997 Began painting full-time. Working constantly in the Western Isles and Argyll