23rd Jan, 2022 12:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
STORM OVER ISLE OF STAFFA, AN OIL BY JOLOMO
* JOHN LOWRIE MORRISON OBE (JOLOMO) (SCOTTISH b. 1948),
STORM OVER ISLE OF STAFFA
oil on canvas, signed, further signed, titled and dated 2016 verso
image size 31cm x 31cm, overall size 51cm x 51cm
Framed and under glass.
Artist's label verso.
Note: Staffa is on the west coast of Scotland and is most famous for “Fingal's Cave”. The towering volcanic basalt columns and remarkable symmetry of its 227 ft cavern is an incredible sight to see. Aside from the staggering views the cave provides, it is also entwined in myths. Fingal’s Cave was created some 60 million years ago by an ancient lava flow, possibly the same one that created the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland, which is directly across the sea. Both are seen to be made of the same volcanic basalt columns so legend says that they were the end pieces of a huge road built by the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill, so he could make it to Scotland where he was to duel with Fingal, his gigantic Scottish rival.
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Sold for £2,400
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
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