Botanical Art Demonstration: Shevaun Doherty

A wonderful opportunity to see Shevaun Doherty demonstrate her exquisite art skills live and talk with her about botanical art.

Shevaun has been an important part of ‘Team Ellen’ since the first Festival in 2015 and has painted many plants with a link to Ellen including mosses, liverworts, seaweeds and lichens.

Bantry Bookshop, William Street, Bantry. 2pm to 4pm. Saturday 22nd August. Free. Drop in, or stay throughout – there will be chairs.

Shevaun has won numerous awards including Best in Show at Bloom in 2018 with a watercolour on vellum of a lichen, and a Gold medal in 2025 for her painting of the liverwort, Herbertus hutchinsiae (Juniper prongwort) which is the cover image on the Festival’s book on mosses and liverworts. She also won a Silver-gilt medal in 2025 for her painting of the seaweed, Channeled Wrack, which she collected in Bantry Bay and worked on in Bantry House for the filming of the piece on Ellen Hutchins for RTÉ’s Ireland’s Coast. She paints every day, and exhibits internationally.

Drop in and see her at work, chatting about it and sharing tips and advice. See a portfolio of Shevaun’s work and cards to buy.

For information on all Ellen Hutchins Festival events in Heritage Week including Botanical Art workshops by Shevaun Doherty see: https://ellenhutchins.com/event-listings-2