Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

Cynara scolymus  ©  Shevaun Doherty 2012 Once upon a time, on a tiny island in the Aegean sea, lived a beautiful girl by the name of...

 “Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realising one's sensations.”    Paul Cezanne This week h...

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."  Emily Bronte Autumn is a visual feast for bota...

 The Paper Elephant Exercise (photograph by David Bell) “Drawing is a gateway to creativity.”  Julie Douglas Last weekend I ...

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”   ~Sylvia Plath It’s been yet an...