Oriental Hybrid Lily Lilium 'Mambo' © Shevaun Doherty 2015‘We draw the spring into our hearts and feel that life is good’ Oscar WildeMy studio this week has filled with sunshine, music and flowers. I’m not dancing but painting the Mambo, a beautiful purple Oriental lily with a seductive sweet
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”Khalil GibranThey say that art is a solitary pursuit, and it’s true that we artists spend many hours
Per aspera ad astra-Through difficulties to the starsThere has been a battle in my studio this week. Whilst my paperwork mountain was slowly being tackled, a little conker sat on my desk, patiently awaiting my attention. I love painting conkers, (Aesculus hippocastanum). I don’t know whether it’s the
Beauty is a Fragile Gift OvidThis week has been one of those weeks where Time has been in short supply. Even as I type this, a large pile of papers and forms sit in reproachful silence beside my desk. I have managed to get through
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