Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

“Know thyself. Know the customer. Innovate.”  Beth Comstock 'Eve's Temptation' Shevaun Doherty 2014 Something to...

“Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, ...

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...