Jacqueline Orr RSW RGI and The Essential School of Painting
Jacqueline Orr is a native of Glasgow who went on studied at Glasgow School of Art under the late Dr James D Robertson, Barbara Rae, Jack Knox and the late Dr John Cunningham. She graduated in 1983 having gained the Armour Prize in her final year. Between 1986 and 1988 she returned to study a Master’s degree in Information Technology at the University of Glasgow; subsequently gaining employment in the private sector specialising in IT and technical project management.
Green Sea, Barra by Jacqueline Orr
Throughout this period Jacqueline continued to paint and exhibit in a number of galleries with intention of eventually pursuing a full time career in painting. This aim was realised in 2004 and today she has established full time working studios in Scotland and France. Her works appear widely both in the United Kingdom and internationally with successful shows in London, Paris, Versailles and Johannesburg (South Africa)
At the Market, Goudargues by Jacqueline Orr
In 2007 Jacqueline was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) and has since gone on to receive a number of esteemed awards including two RGI awards The James Torrance Memorial Award and The Armour Award; Two RSW awards The Alexander Graham Munro Award and The Riverside Gallery Award and from the Paisley Art Institute The Joe Hargan Award.
Tete-a-Tete by Jacqueline Orr
Jacqueline’s work is based on high colour and simple lines. Painting mostly in oils, her subject matter is varied and interesting, reflecting her personal feelings, experiences and interactions with locations in France and in Scotland. As she succinctly puts it “I’m a painter. I tend to be drawn to subjects that visually stimulate me. In addition, the process and the craft of making paintings are very important to me, so draughtsmanship, mark making, composition and the intelligent use of colour are all key tenets of my work. I try to make best use of these tools to create rich and dynamic paintings”.