Jack Morrocco : The Journey Continues
Across the Bay toward Hotel Splendid, Portofino Framed Size: 122 x 122 cm 122 122
Angels in the Architecture, Venice Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Approaching La Piazzetta, Venice Framed Size: 92 x 71 cm 92 71
Through to Campo de le Becarie, Venice Framed Size: 62 x 77 cm 62 77
Quietly Floating By, Venice Framed Size: 56 x 56 cm 56 56
Grand Canal, Venice Framed Size: 102 x 62 cm 102 62
Boats on the Foreshore, Portofino Framed Size: 56 x 56 cm 56 56
Late Afternoon Sunshine, Portofino Framed Size: 96 x 71 cm 96 71
Passing Gondolas, Venice Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Shaded Canal, Venice Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Birraria, Campo San Polo, Venice Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Utamaro, Mandolin and Turkish Vase Framed Size: 132 x 106 cm 132 106
White Lilies, Ginger Jar and Silver Pot Framed Size: 95 x 95 cm 95 95
Brandy Jar and La Grande Baigneuse Framed Size: 116 x 116 cm 116 116
Bacchus and Beyond Framed Size: 117 x 112 cm 117 112
Lilies and Silver Ewer Framed Size: 95 x 95 cm 95 95
Fan Dance Framed Size: 142 x 142 cm 142 142
Lady Alice Lilies, Singer Sargent and Mandolin Framed Size: 95 x 95 cm 95 95
Figure by the Window Framed Size: 51 x 61 cm 51 61
Turkish Vase and Peacock Framed Size: 80 x 80 cm 80 80
Canal du Midi Framed Size: 122 x 71 cm 122 71
Place Richelme, Aix en Provence Framed Size: 61 x 61 cm 61 61
Light and Shade, Place Littera, Aix Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Les Deux Magots, Paris (study) Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Fruit Market, Place Rochelme, Aix Framed Size: 66 x 56 cm 66 56
Café Le Tilleul, St Paul de Vence (study) Framed Size: 51 x 51 cm 51 51
Le Grand Café, Bordeaux Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Café, Cours du Chapeau Rouge, Bordeaux Framed Size: 77 x 62 cm 77 62
Kiosk Café, Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon Framed Size: 66 x 66 cm 66 66
Café Peppone, Bordeaux Framed Size: 81 x 62 cm 81 62
Waterlilies and Rushes, Summer Sky Reflected Framed Size: 145 x 113 cm 145 113
Waterlilies Dusk Framed Size: 122 x 122 cm 122 122
Waterlilies, Remains of the Day Framed Size: 145 x 81 cm 145 81
Waterlilies and Rushes Framed Size: 145 x 113 cm 145 113
Waterlilies Framed Size: 71 x 71 cm 71 71
Waterlilies, Sunset Framed Size: 71 x 71 cm 71 71
Maybe Tomorrow, Tobago Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Caribbean Conversation Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Checking Nets, Carriacou Framed Size: 37 x 37 cm 37 37
Busking, Bonaire Framed Size: 33 x 38 cm 33 38
The journey is an apt metaphor for the life of an artist. Jack’s artistic
journey – one begun more than half a century ago, and still unfolding today, is a journey that started without a specific destination,
and has seen many an interesting stop along the way. Very much an artist still in motion, with curiosity and canvas in hand, The Journey
Continues is an exhibition that celebrates this exploratory spirit. Jack lives his life richly and fully, through regular travel to favourite
places in the sun drenched Mediterranean and Caribbean, but also through the more introspective journeying that accompanies a life
long practice of observing and making connections.
Journeying takes many forms and Jack is part explorer, part voyager – an artist equally at home discovering new places as he is returning
to familiar ground. There is always joy in discovering a new place; a view never seen before, a fresh palette shaped by different light
and colours, and the thrill of translating it all into paint. But like the many artists who have come before him, for Jack there is also deep
satisfaction in the act of return, of re-visiting a place or a subject – in seeing with changed eyes, noticing what was missing before, and
allowing the subject and indeed himself to unfold more fully with each visit. The lilypond, the Venetian canal, the French courtyard –
the infinite and ever changing effects of light pulls Jack back again and again to these subjects, all familiar and yet completely new with
each return.
Making many return journeys to familiar places also assists Jack in what he does best – drawing out the timeless character of a place, its
soul or essence – that which remains constant despite the many other changes a place bears witness to. He takes the viewer on a journey
to some of these favourite places – to Italy, France, and Barbados – with the dappled light and crumbled Venetian facades evoking the
feeling of ‘being there’ for the viewer, a sense not just of what a place looks like but what it feels like. We are taken from here to there
in an instant, with just a few flicks of the brush. We’re on the journey too.
Jack’s paintings are not all of particular places and neither is his journey through a painting always linear. His studio still life paintings
are works that embrace the methodology and spirit of collage – of bringing together and making connections between ideas, images
and objects from disparate places and times. The journey here is more personal and autobiographical – we learn of the artists and
experiences that have shaped Jack the most – from childhood to now. And he shares with us the meaningful motifs and objects –
souvenirs even – that he has collected along his journey.
Please contact us with any enquiries about the paintings and the Private View. We hope to see you soon.