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3 A.M.
3 A.M.
3 A.M.

3 A.M.

Artist (Edinburgh, Scotland, born 1947)
Date1982
Mediumwatercolour ink and crayon on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 34.4 cm, Width: 35.6 cm
Frame: Height: 52.6 cm, Width: 52.6 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1982.
Copyright© the artist
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000540
About MeJoyce Cairns studied at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen where she later taught for more than twenty years. Much of her work is autobiographical: she is interested in subconscious dream images as a way of finding her inner self.

The title of this work, '3 a.m.', suggests that it was executed in the early hours of the morning when the artist had just woken up. The image, based on a self-portrait, is part human and part animal. Small doodles of birds, houses and boats overlay this figure and suggest the free-flowing associations inspired by a dream.


Autumn Equinox by Joyce Cairns
Autumn Equinox
Joyce Winifred Cairns
Self Portrait with Picasso Cat
Self Portrait with Picasso Cat
John Bellany
1988
Image Not Available for The Other Self
The Other Self
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1975-1999
Image Not Available for The Other Self
The Other Self
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1979
Self-Portrait Series I
Self-Portrait Series I
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1975 - 1999
Self-Portrait With Gold Series Ii
Self-Portrait With Gold Series Ii
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1975 - 1999
Self-Portrait Series Iii
Self-Portrait Series Iii
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1975 - 1999
Image Not Available for Alice's Rabbit
Alice's Rabbit
Joyce Winifred Cairns
c. 1980
Preparatory Study
Preparatory Study
Joyce Winifred Cairns
Variations on a Fish
Variations on a Fish
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1979
Image Not Available for In the Deep Cold Winter
In the Deep Cold Winter
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1980
Image Not Available for Grey Sheep Suite
Grey Sheep Suite
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1980
Image Not Available for Pink Sheep Suite
Pink Sheep Suite
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1980
Image Not Available for The House At Footdee
The House At Footdee
Joyce Winifred Cairns
Footdee
Footdee
Joyce Winifred Cairns
In the Gulf they Dream of Sea and Ice
In the Gulf they Dream of Sea and Ice
Joyce Winifred Cairns
1991
Preparatory Study
Preparatory Study
Joyce Winifred Cairns
Orpheus
Orpheus
Julia Mavrogordato
Mare Solemnis
Mare Solemnis
Martin Rayner
1989
Framed Canvas and Wool Sampler sewn by Jemima A I Milne
Framed Canvas and Wool Sampler
Jemima A I Milne
12 April 1857
Morning, Noon And Night
Morning, Noon And Night
Gwenda Morgan
Self Portrait by Andrew Robertson
Self Portrait
Andrew Robertson
1802
Bonjour Professor Calne
Bonjour Professor Calne
John Bellany
1988
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Alexander Dunbar Cruickshank
c. 1955