Gallery Artists

James Orr

James was born in Glasgow and now lives in Ayrshire. He has been painting for many years having studied part time at Glasgow School of Art.

He has developed a very distinctive style, painting in acrylics to create landscapes with vibrant colour. His paintings are always bold and full of light, and James is particularly attracted to the changing light found around Scottish coastlines.

James’ bright scenes are full of activity and his style reflects the golden period of Scottish art of the Scottish Colourists Peploe, Cadell and the 'Glasgow Boys’.

He exhibits regularly in the annual RSA and RGI exhibitions and his work is held in a number of collections, notably in the personal collection of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. He is also a regular exhibitor in a number of London galleries where the colour and vigour of his work are seen to mark him out as a distinctively Scottish artist.