Art In My Life
An exhibition of paintings by John Doherty
Oct 2026
Art In My Life
(Oct 2026)
An exhibition of paintings by John Doherty
The Clydesdale Draught Horse
Oil on Board – 20x16inches
Date – 2025 - £85
The Choctaw Nation experienced banishment and oppression during their ‘Trail of Tears’ (1831 to 1833). In 1847, they demonstrated great empathy for the Irish during the great famine (1845 – 1852), sending approximately $170 ($5,000+ in today's money) to Ireland to provide food and aid during the Great Famine.
This act of generosity, fuelled by shared experiences of famine and oppression, created a longstanding bond that is commemorated by the "Kindred Spirits" sculpture in Midleton, County Cork (Our Donegal, 2019).
After the Rain
Oil on Board – 16x 12inches
Date – 2026 – Price £80
Frankel (Famous Thoroughbred Racehorse)
Oil on Canvas – 20x16inches
Date – 2015 - NFS
‘Innocent Blood Still Flows’
(Inspired by Goya’s masterpiece ‘The Third of May 1803’)
A woman, currently experiencing Genocide in Southern Sudan, looks back in time across a river of blood to witness French soldiers summarily executing Spanish citizens in 1803. The image highlights the fact that innocent blood still flows as a consequence of political upheaval.
Acrylic on Board– 33 x 24 inches
Date – 2026 – Price £250
Gartan Lake From Glebe Gardens
Oil on Board – 16x 12inches
Date – 2025 – Price £85
Moonlight Over a Flooded Field
Acrylic on Board – 20× 16inches
Date – 2026 – Price £60
Cork Woodland
Oil on Board – 20× 16inches
Date – 2026 – Price £85
Mount Errigal
Oil on Board – 16× 12inches
Date – 2026 – Price £85 (Sold)
“The Taking of Christ And Our Hand In It”
A copy of Caravaggio’s ‘The Taking of Christ’ – However, I added an image of my left hand to John the Evangelist and entitled the Painting – ‘The Taking of Christ and Our Hand in It’.
Acrylic on Board– 33 x 24 inches
Date – 2026 – Price £500
Please note:
There are several other paintings on display in the exhibition, many of which are still for sale.
Please visit the exhibition at the above viewing times, or contact Eden Place Arts Centre for more information (contact details below).
Sisters in Solidarity’
Acrylic on Board– 20 x 16 inches
Date – 2026 – Price £150
This is a painting of two Irish women (the younger being pregnant), wearing Choctaw blankets, symbolically standing in solidarity with their Choctaw sister. The younger woman presents with despair whilst the elder woman appears angry at the events unfolding for the Choctaw Nation.
The Abandoned Home
Oil on Board – 16x 12inches
Date – 2026 – Price £80
Launch: Monday 12th October @ 7.00 pm
Exhibition continues until 2nd November:
Viewing times:
Mon, Tues, Fri @ 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Wed & Thurs @ 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Evening at Gartan Lake
Oil on Board – 16x 12inches
Date – 2025 – Price £85
Donegal Sunrise (Abstract)
Poured Acrylic on Canvas – 16x 12inches
Date – 2024 – Price £40
Lough Foyle Wetlands
Oil on Board – 20 × 16inches
Date – 2025 – Price £85
The Mintiaghs (Inishowen)
Oil on Board – 16× 12inches
Date – 2026 – Price £85
Kerry Blue Terrier
Oil on Board – 20× 16inches
Date – 2012 – NFS
The ‘Trail of Tears’
Acrylic on Board– 33 x 24 inches
Date – 2026 – Price £250
The Choctaw woman in this painting wears a culturally symbolic blanket. She presents with a foreboding expression, at the sight of pioneers from the American westward expansion claiming her homeland. The red line symbolises the blood spilt on the ‘Trail of Tears’