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A bright, sparkling, golden abstract painting

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Colourful abstract painting with puddles of mixed acrylic colours, predominantly red, white, gold and yellow, smashed against a dark gray background
Cosmic Hammer Smash

Hi, I am Dorothy, also known as ShannathShima. Are you looking for art for your home or as a gift? Click here to see where you can buy my work. I hope you will share the joy in my art that I have in creating it.

My Aim

An Italian courtyard scene. We look down a flagstone path, past various containers planted with flowering plants, many of them white flowers. It is nice and shady and the buildings are dark sand coloured. As we look further into the centre of the image we see a courtyard in full sunshine with a table, with a tablecloth, and chairs, just behind a water station. Beyond the table there is a half open wooden door in a white building. There is a sign for a restaurant. It looks very inviting.
Floral Courtyard Cortona

I create art you will love having in your home. It will make your heart smile! Why do I create my art? It makes me happy! I believe in having fun while creating – it brings out the child in all of us!

A colourful abstract painting featuring clouds of white, gold and yellow against shades of green and blue
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My Art

I work from my art studio looking out over fabulous views of the Italian countryside. Usually accompanied by the lovely smell of incense and some loud music to dance to! I use a variety of techniques for my work, including painting in acrylics. I am a highly spiritual person, and often that is reflected in my artwork. I also, really enjoy creating my colourful painted abstracts.

An abstract acrylic painting featuring deep purple, lilac shades and pink with yellow highlights.But I also specialize in photo art, also known as photo painting. This is where I take my own photographs and then enhance them digitally on my computer to give them an artistic feel. In my processing of the photographs I endeavour to give the piece a feeling, an emotion, of how it felt to stand and look at a particular scene, for example. 

A cheeky gray tabby cat peeks through a doorway. The doorway is light wood and the door is only slightly open. We can see part of the head and shoulders of the cat. One ear is clearly pricked, the other is slightly hidden by the doorway. She is staring quite intently at you.
Looking From The Other Side

Art subjects vary from travel images to cat and dog portraits. Central Italy, London, the South East of England, Copenhagen, Marrakesh in Morocco and Madeira in Portugal all feature.

I have some beautiful floral works available as well as classic cars, motorcycles and Samurai armour. Don’t forget to check out my Jigsaw Puzzles that are available from various outlets and I have a series of calendars that are also available.

Two beautiful purple clematis blooms with bright yellow, spikey centres, sit mingling with green leaves. The colour on the flowers is dappled with light and shade, so the purple varies from very pale to quite dark. The contrast of the purple with the yellow stamens is quite striking.
Clematis Azure Pearl

My art includes original paintings that I have made available to purchase as prints from my print stores.

Blog

Over the years I have written various blog posts and articles about my art, our animals and our lifestyle which you can read here.

A vintage style, black and white photo of an older man and woman, both wearing glasses and looking very happy.
Dorothy and Barnet Boy

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Images (c) Dorothy Berry-Lound 2000-2024