Tour Scotland Photograph Joyce Cairns Painting Perth


Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Joyce Cairns in the Art Gallery in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. An oil painting title the " Deadly Wars. " Joyce Cairns has lived in Aberdeen for the past 30 years. Born in Edinburgh in 1947, Cairns was brought up in North East Scotland, where her father was a school master. In 1966, she went to Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen where she studied until 1970. She then took a Master of Art at the Royal College of Art in London, England, from 1971 to 1974. This was followed by a fellowship at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in Cheltenham. She went on to undertake a further period of study at Goldsmith’s College before returning to Aberdeen in 1976 to take up a teaching post at Gray’s School of Art. On returning to Aberdeen, she moved into the small fishing village of Footdee at the mouth of the harbour in Aberdeen.



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