Chasing Light. An Exhibition of New Works by William Morrison
Halifax-based William Morrison has become a well-loved regular exhibitor at the gallery and we thought it time to give him a solo show.
A very talented Halifax-based artist who seems to be known as much overseas as here. He’s a man of few words, and those expressed in the strong accent of Glasgow, the city he left 40 years ago. No pretentious patter from him to explain the meaning of his work When pushed for a written comment he quips that “The p
en is not my forte, that’s why I use a brush”. Pushed a little further he reveals initially that his latest works, completed for this exhibition, focus on the Yorkshire landscape, from land to coast. Then opening up slightly “I have tried to capture the light that illuminates the land at different times of the day and seasons. The paintings are mostly semi-abstract- I do start a work from sketches and photographs that I have taken, after which I don’t really look at them again, but play with the image in my mind. This gives not a true image, but a memory of the place converted into light chased….and caught on canvas.”
His oils and acrylics can be coloured delicately, as if by the first light of dawn or with a sumptuous richness which defies nature. Each one conveys an atmosphere, be it serenity or apocalyptic…. or sometimes both. But these are William’s interpretations of real places, The stone buttressing of Barden Tower or Richmond Castle emerges from foliage or mist. William’s process of painting is a fully immersive one, on checking progress I was told he had not had a chance to get out for a pint for the last week. Who says that artists no longer suffer for their art! 
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William Morrison WM56 ‘Barden First Light’ oil on canvas 153x122cm lr £1750
William Morrison WM41 ‘Richmond’ acrylic 39×27 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM33 ‘Norland Moor Calderdale’ oil on canvas 153x122cm £1750
William Morrison WM39 ‘Gordale’ acrylic 39×27 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM34 ‘Coast’ acrylic 35x25cm framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM35 ‘Richmond Castle North Yorkshire’ acrylic 39x26cm framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM36 ‘Norland Moor Calderdale’ acrylic 39×26 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM37 ‘Wainstalls Halifax’ acrylic 39×26 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM38 ‘River Wharf at Barden’ acrylic 39×26 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM40 ‘Ilkley Moor’ acrylic 37×25 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM42 ‘Ravenscar’ oil 36×25 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM43 ‘North Dean Calderdale’ 27×39 framed to 52x62cm £680
William Morrison WM44 ‘North Dean Calderdale’ acrylic 25×36 framed to 52x62cm £680
William Morrison WM45 ‘Barden’ acrylic on paper 39×27 framed to 62x52cm £680
William Morrison WM46 ‘Coast’ oil on canvas 46×46 framed to 54x54cm £750
William Morrison WM47 ‘Delph Hill Halifax’ oil on canvas 50×40 framed to 54x44cm £750
William Morrison WM48 ‘Calder Valley’ oil on canvas 54×34 framed to 55x35cm £600
William Morrison WM49 ‘Heptonstall Crags’ acrylic 29×20 framed to 52x54cm £600
William Morrison WM50 ‘Malham Rain Approaching’ oil on paper 30×20 framed to 52x54cm £600
William Morrison WM53 ‘Near Barden’ oil on canvas 28×23 framed to 33x28cm £420
William Morrison WM30 ‘Above Wainstalls’ oil on paper 18.5×18.5cm framed to 52x42cm £250)
William Morrison WM29 ‘Rocking Stones, Halifax. Christmas 18’ oil on paper 18.5×18.5cm framed to 52x42cm £250
William Morrison WM28 ‘Rocking Stones flat’ oil on paper 18.5×18.5cm framed to 52x42cm £250
William Morrison WM26 ‘Above Wainstalls’ oil on paper 18.5×18.5cm framed to 52x42cm £250
William Morrison WM25 ‘Noorland Moor’ oil on paper 18.5×18.5cm framed to 52x42cm £250
William Morrisson WM17 ‘River Wharfe 2’ Acrylic on canvas 50x50cm £750
William Morrison WM05 ‘Ryburn ‘ oil on canvas 16x16in £580
William Morrison WM04 ‘Ryburn 2 ‘ oil on canvas 16x16in £580
