Born in Glasgow and now living in Ayrshire, James Orr studied part-time at Glasgow School of Art under John Boyd RGI and has painted full time for a number of years, developing a distinctive style. Working in acrylics, his landscapes have a fluency, an immediacy and bold colours. He exhibits regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours and the Paisley Art Institute. He exhibits widely within the UK and has had exhibitions at the Forbes Gallery, and at Art Expo, both in New York, the Hilton Hotel - Hong Kong and at the Galerie Centrale Brussels. His work is held in the collections of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady MacFarlane, Touche Ross Ltd along with Kyle and Carrick Council. He received the Royal College of Physicians Award at the RGI in 1997