Jim Wylie Show 2010 - 2nd April - 1st May
Jim Wylie, a native of Glasgow, is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art where he studied Drawing and Painting under such prominent figures as Willie Armour, Geoff Squires, Sinclair Thomson, and Duncan Shanks. The grounding he received in composition and in colour in the true Glasgow tradition has remained a mainstay of his work. His landscape is characterised by its use of strong, clean colour, demonstrating a variety of techniques from skilfully controlled brushwork to bold palette knife application. He takes a particular pride in the craftsmanship of his paintings, and this is apparent in the exciting compositions, in the unusual colour combinations, and in the care with which the paint is applied to the canvas.
“There will be pine trees”. This was my response to an enquiry from a client which Andrew passed on to me. I might also have replied, “There will be snow”, as the two things are almost unavoidable in the Braemar area. Even when there is no snow lying in the village, for a large part of the year frozen patches survive on the mountain tops. The red/orange of the pine tree trunks and the delicate lines of snow on the hills are, for me, iconic parts of the Braemar landscape. The work for this, my third major exhibition in Braemar Gallery, was sourced over three visits to the area in 2009. A safari trip round Invercauld estate under the expert navigation of Neil Bain started me off on a wet and dull ’summer’ day, and although the weather was too poor to achieve much, it whetted my appetite for that particular area, and so I returned in late November when there was some snow cover to record some of the more atmospheric works in the exhibition, around the deserted farmsteads of Balmore and Balnoe. On a previous visit in the autumn, the colours of the trees had been stunning, when I collected much of the information for the woodland scenes, some of them in the local Braemar woods, and some at Linn of Quoich. Quite often the character of a show does not become apparent until the show is almost complete, and so it is with this show that, unintentionally, it seems to consist largely of trees, snow and isolated cottages.
Wylie exhibits continually in a variety of private galleries across Scotland. He is a member of Paisley Art Institute and contributes regularly to the annual exhibition, where he has been awarded prizes on two occasions. In 2009 he won the Willa Reivie prize at the Save the Children exhibition in Maclaurin Gallery in Ayr. He is also a member of the co-operative of established painters in the Glasgow Group, which was established in 1957, and is the oldest artists cooperative group in Scotland.
List of Paintings for Jim Wylie Exhibition
2nd April - 1st May 2010
Balmore Winter oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm £1600
Rising Currents oil on canvas 60 x 75 cm £1600
Invercauld Winter oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm £1600
Towards Balnoe oil on canvas 57 x 60 cm £1600
Quoich Woodland oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm £480
Pinewood Shadows oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm £480
Deserted Farm oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm £750
At the Edge of the Wood oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm £700
Low Woodland Sun oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm £320
Woodland Sunburst oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm £320
Forest Sunset oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm £320
Carn na Drochaide oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm £320
Felagie Pines oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm £600
Snow at Carn na Drochaide oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm £750
Winter Cottage oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm £320
Lochnagar oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm £750
Ridge Shadow oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm £750
Wind-bent Pines oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm £750
Mist Lifting oil on canvas 80 x 30 cm £1200
Misty Dee Valley oil on canvas 80 x 30 cm £1200
Felagie Track oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm £600
Felagie Field oil on canvas 60 x 46 cm £1100
Auchtavan oil on canvas 15 x 15 cm £300
Cottage at the Quoich oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm £1550
Approaching Auchtavan oil on canvas 60 x 46 cm £1100
Woodland Shadows oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm £600