JIM WYLIE
oil on canvas
30cm x 30cm image size
Gold Frame with white slip
This oil painting by Jim Wylie, titled "Viaduct Winter", portrays a vibrant, impressionistic landscape featuring a stone viaduct with a series of grand arches stretching across the background. The colors are bold and dynamic — deep blues, fiery reds, and bright oranges dominate the scene, creating a lively, energetic atmosphere despite the "winter" in the title.
In the foreground, abstract strokes represent tall grasses or reeds, bending as if in a breeze. These grasses are painted in vivid yellows, oranges, and light blues, giving the painting a sense of movement and vitality. The viaduct itself is bathed in warm tones, with soft golden light suggesting a sunset or sunrise. The brushstrokes are loose, expressive, and layered, adding texture and depth to the scene.
Overall, Wylie captures the feeling of a winter landscape not through cold colors, but through a vibrant interpretation of light, form, and energy — blending natural elements with a semi-abstract, emotional style.
Jim Wylie - Viaduct Winter
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.