Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

“True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self. But the point is not only to get out - you must stay out, and to ...

  Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Shevaun Doherty 2013 My very first framed painting was of a Barn Owl, Tyto alba which to this day s...

It rained in Galicia, not a heavy rain, but a gentle persistent mist that softened the ancient silhouette of  Santiago de Compostela . ...

Golden daffodils are always the first to appear each year, heralding the start of spring and the promise of warmer brighter days. ...

Every artist hits a creative slump once in a while.   You want to paint but you don’t know what to paint, or even where to start. Wh...