There’s something in the ethereal beauty of Stephen Doherty‘s flower paintings that I think may resonate with us all. I love the translucency in some of the petals, so delicate and fragile, and how the flowers look like they’ve been pressed and preserved over time. Doherty was in Goa during a monsoon season when he was inspired to recreate the flower offerings that he’d seen tied to shrine gates. His flower series is an offering of gratitude. “I am massively drawn to flowers. I love that they are in a permanent state of movement, rising up and the bursting out from the centre. My drawings are like taking a still of that movement.”