Botanical Sketches and Other Stories

 Red dates  Phoenix dactylifera, GOLD MEDAL   © Shevaun Doherty 2013 The difference between TRY and TRIUMPH is a little UMPH. ...

“The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” Mark Nepo     I have always loved daisies,  Bellis perennis ...

“Be Patient. Respond to every call that excites your spirit.” Rumi Patience is an attribute that every botanical artist n...

Buff tailed bumblebee  Bombus terrestris,  on kelmscott vellum “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ...

Grape practice on vellum (unfinished) “Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what th...

  “There are times when we need certain colours.  They nourish the soul in a way nothing else does “ Catherine Jo Morgan I’m c...