About Iain Morrison

Iain Morrison
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1. Personal Details

My name is Iain Morrison and I live in Fife, Scotland, close to St Andrews. I spent decades in IT in various roles, abroad and in the UK. Thank you to my colleagues in Menzies Distribution for giving me art vouchers when I retired. As a child I used to watch my father as he did some oil paintings for a hobby. I started painting using his oil paints and every painting I do, I use a tube of his 1960's Winsor & Newton black oil paint, to make a stroke under my signature. Want to know some random facts about my art and me? Take my quiz.

2. This website

I created this website to display my oil paintings. The Gallery has a collection of several paintings, including an option to click and view a larger picture. The Portfolio section has details of selected paintings, including additional information, such as who the painting was for, or details about the history of a ship or the scene painted. My current favourite painting is the 'RRS Discovery', a ship sailing past an iceberg.

3. My Art

I’m naturally drawn to painting ships and the sea, but I do try to push myself toward other subjects, some of which you’ll find on this site. One big project was the ocean liner Metagama where I created a whole series exploring different sea states and weather conditions. More recently, I’ve begun experimenting with self‑portraits, though I’m not yet satisfied with any of the results. I keep trying to loosen up, to use broader, more confident strokes, but I often get happily sidetracked blending clouds or adding sea foam to a wave. I’ve also explored other mediums, including acrylics and watercolours, but I always seem to return to my dad's favourite: oil.

4. Technical details

The site is built using CSS, Javascript, and PHP, writing to a Mysql database. With hindsight I should have built this site in a CMS like Wordpress™ or used a framework like Bootstrap. As a result the site is not 100% mobile friendly, no search option, shopping cart, blog etc, but it did give me a lot of control over the UI/UX. For a one page summary of the whole site and to get a complete list of all the pages go to the Site Map. This is in 'dark mode' and mobile friendly.

5. Feedback

Feel free to drop me a message through my contact form — I enjoy reading feedback. All four fields need to be filled in: name, email, category, and comments. Drop me a link to your art if you are also having fun making marks.