Friday 18th January 2013  6:00 PM

Doongalik presents new exhibit: "Nature's Blessings" by Josephine Marie Sherman
Friday, January 18 at 6pm
Doongalik Studios, Village Road

A decades-old promise made to a dying sister is coming to fruition in a collection of floral paintings and Bahamian scenes at Doongalik Studios.

?Nature?s Blessings? features the work of the late Josephine Marie Sherman, daughter of the late John Alfred Sherman Jr., CPM, QPM, MBE, the first Bahamian fire chief, and Aurelia Levittie Sherman (nee Rahming), the sister of the late Sister Maria Rahming, one of the first Bahamian nuns. The exhibition opens on Friday, January 18 at 6 p.m. It is Doongalik Studios? first exhibition of 2013.

Born on February 19, 1948, ?Joey? (as she was affectionately called) attended St. Joseph?s Roman Catholic Primary School and then went on to Xavier?s College on West Bay Street. She was a superb athlete and always won top prizes in many sports events. In 1966, she was presented with a sports trophy by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen?s visit to Nassau.

Following her graduation from Xavier?s College, she attended St. Benedict?s College in Minnesota, USA, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree. She then returned to The Bahamas and taught at Xavier?s Lower School. As her ambition was to become a medical doctor, she applied to study medicine at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and Meharry University in Nashville, Tennessee. Since Meharry was nearer to home, she accepted a place there.......