Joyce Gunn Cairns MBE MA BA(Hons) SSA VAS
In my late 70s, my interest as an artist focuses increasingly on the environment and creatures, wild and domestic: I try to portray the relationship between humans and creatures. I am deeply concerned about animal welfare.
Works in collections:
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
National Gallery of Ireland
City Art Centre
Unjversities of Edinburgh , Cambridge , Oxford, Sussex, and Newcastle
Private collections in Scotland, England, Holland, USA, South Korea
Recent Highlights:
Two person exhibitions with Alasdair Gray
Invited artist, Pittenweem Art Festival
Art fair, Los Angeles with the Gallery Wald, South Korea
Prizes:
2nd prize in the Jerwood drawing prize
Scottish Arts Club prize (RSA)
Two other money prizes (RSA)
Reviews:
I have been reviewed regularly over a thirty year period by Duncan MacMillan, Susan Mansfield, Jan Patience and Giles Sutherland
Galleries
I have been exhibiting annually with a number of galleries over a period of over thirty years