JACK MORROCCO : TALKING PICTURES
Place des Ramparts, St Tropez Framed Size: 81 x 62 cm 81 62
Passeig de Born, Palma Framed Size: 96 x 71 cm 96 71
Shaded Café, Placa de Cort, Palma Framed Size: 81 x 62 cm 81 62
Overhanging Branches, L'etang, Bordeaux Framed Size: 145 x 113 cm 145 113
Old Pond at Cairnie, Weeping Willow Reflected, Morning Framed Size: 122 x 122 cm 122 122
The Old Pond, Cairnie Framed Size: 122 x 122 cm 122 122
Basilica di San Marco, Venice Framed Size: 56 x 56 cm 56 56
Bridge of Sighs, Venice Framed Size: 56 x 56 cm 56 56
Horse and Carriage, Dappled Light, Palma Framed Size: 56 x 56 cm 56 56
Light and Shade, Venice Framed Size: 56 x 66 cm 56 66
Lady of Shalott Roses and Silver Teapot Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Traghetto di San Toma, Venice Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Rosa Floribunda and Silver Pot Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Riva degli Shiavoni, Venice Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Les Deux Magots, Paris Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Lily Pond at Cairnie, Dusk Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Lily Pond at Cairnie, Shades of Sunset Framed Size: 145 x 113 cm 145 113
Lily Pond, Dusk Sky, Eastward Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Parochia de San Stefano, Venice (study) Framed Size: 38 x 33 cm 38 33
Lilypond, Dawn Framed Size: 96 x 122 cm 96 122
Lilypond, Daybreak Framed Size: 122 x 96 cm 122 96
Lilypond, Midday Framed Size: 96 x 122 cm 96 122
Market Day, Place aux Herbes, Uzes Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Lily Pond at Cairnie, Setting Sun Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Fruit Market, Campo de Fiori, Rome Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Plane Tree Shade, Le Tilleul, St Paul de Vence Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Rio Orseolo, Venice Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Morning Market, Pezenas Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Le Tilleul, St Paul de Vence Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Tete-a-Tete, Aix en Provence Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Rio Malpaga, Dorsoduro, Venice Framed Size: 96 x 71 cm 96 71
White Lilies, Silver Ewer and Poole Jug Framed Size: 92 x 92 cm 92 92
Morning Market, Aix Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
White Lilies, Silver Pot and Ginger Jar Framed Size: 92 x 92 cm 92 92
Ponte Vecchio from Ponte Santa Trinita Framed Size: 122 x 71 cm 122 71
Place de l'Eglise, St Emilion Framed Size: 112 x 81 cm 112 81
Mandolin & Manet Framed Size: 96 x 96 cm 96 96
Reasons to be Cheerful, Part V Framed Size: 139 x 139 cm 139 139
Reasons to be Cheerful, Part VI, Tabletop Tangier Framed Size: 139 x 139 cm 139 139
Caribbean Colours, Tobago Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Precious Shade, Barbados Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Flower Market, Aix en Provence Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Dawn Swim, Pebble Beach, Barbados Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Through the Surf, Barbados Sunrise Framed Size: 61 x 51 cm 61 51
Washing Racehorse at Dawn, Barbados Framed Size: 52 x 46 cm 52 46
Beach Day, Cadiz Framed Size: 52 x 46 cm 52 46
We are delighted to announce our upcoming Jack Morrocco solo exhibition Talking Pictures. Jack’s paintings resonate and speak to people; they have stories to tell of time and of place. The dappled light of Provence, the Italian waiter, the gondola gliding through the dark glassy canals of Venice; we are instantly taken to a shared feeling or a memory, and a feeling of being there. This solo exhibition of over forty paintings spans all of Jack’s subject matter, and has many a story to tell.
Jack’s description of his own work as ‘a conversation on canvas between the past and the present’ is perfect and leads us beautifully into the title of this exhibition, Talking Pictures. Jack grew up ‘talking pictures; his mother was a painter, his father an architect and painter, uncles and extended family all artists or involved in the arts. Art was an ever present subject of conversation, and paintings were always being talked about.
So it has continued for Jack, a lifetime of ‘talking paintings’ with other artists, past and present, in person and through their paintings. We see these working conversations coming to life on the canvas; 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 iridescent pads floating on the reflective, watery depths. Almost every painter has found something to say about the streets and cafes of Paris and the bridges and canals of Venice, and so out on the Grand Canal in Venice it is John Singer Sargent’s voice that Jack hears.
Jack’s own paintings add to this longer conversation, and speak of these time-honoured subjects in an artistic voice that is uniquely his own. They tell us about what he has found most interesting in these conversations with Monet and Singer Sargent; with Monet, the irresistable allure and challenge of painting the transparancy and reflections of the lilypond, its visual unity between sky, water and vegetation. And with Singer Sargent what interested Jack was his viewpont – his choice to paint Venice from the water. Engaging directly with some of these choices, Jack does something different with them, and finds something new to say.
Most of all though, these are paintings that reach out to the viewer, and speak of light and beauty. We hope you will come to see these paintings in life.
Please contact us for more details about the Private View and for a preview of the images.
