JIM WYLIE
oil on canvas
20cm x 20cm image size
Black Frame with white slip
This oil painting by Jim Wylie, titled "Ballantrae Creels", bursts with colour. It captures a lively Scottish coastal scene featuring lobster creels (traditional fishing baskets) piled near the water’s edge.
The creels are depicted with bold brushstrokes and a dynamic mix of blues, purples, and oranges, creating a strong contrast against the calm, turquoise sea and the bright orange pier in the background. Light yellow highlights suggest wild grasses catching the sunlight, adding to the feeling of a breezy, seaside day. The overall atmosphere is cheerful and slightly whimsical, with Wylie’s use of exaggerated color making the ordinary scene feel almost magical.
Wylie's signature appears in the bottom right corner, in bright orange to match the creels' accents, tying the whole composition together. His style here is very expressive and textured, full of movement and warmth.
Jim Wylie - Ballantrae Creels
Jim Wylie, a native of Glasgow, is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art where he studied Drawing and Painting under such prominent figures as Willie Armour, Geoff Squires, Sinclair Thomson, and Duncan Shanks. The grounding he received in composition and in colour in the true Glasgow tradition has remained a mainstay of his work.
Wylie exhibits continually in a variety of private galleries across Scotland, with work also widely available in cards and in print. He is a member of Paisley Art Institute and contributes regularly to the annual exhibition, one of the largest of its kind outside Glasgow or Edinburgh, where he has been awarded prizes on three occasions.