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Doris Downes | |
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![]() Doris Downes, The Path to Dinorah, Oil on Linen, 2010. | |
Born | Doris Raley Downes 1961 (age 63–64) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Botanical Artist, author, Creative Director, Interactive Designer |
Employer(s) | Sotheby's, Environmental Governance Institute |
Spouse(s) | Freeborn G. Jewett III Robert Hughes |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Willard A. Downes (uncle) J. Frank Raley (uncle) |
Awards | Silver award, SPD (The Society of Publication Designers), Gold Award, OZZIE, Design Excellence |
Doris Downes (born 1961, Doris Raley Downes) is an American botanical artist,[1] painter of natural history,[2] and a writer for the Environmental Governance Institute.[3] She also works in Interactive Design, and was Creative Director at Sotheby's,[4] before becoming a full-time artist in 2003.[5] She is also the literary executor to Robert Hughes.