Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

Today is my blog's first birthday!! To my great delight I awoke today to find that the blog has also reached that wonderful figure...

Palmengarten, Frankfurt Sometimes the title of an exhibition sets your mind alight with all sorts of creative possibilities. That ...

 I have a confession to make. Although I love flowers, I don’t really like painting flowers. I know that sounds odd coming from a bo...

“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...