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The Love of the Chase, Bouthayna Shi’Rayân, Aswad Shi’Rayân and Chamisa Schuru-
esch-Schams, gouache on paper, 1997. 18” x 10.5” (46 cm x 27 cm).

Born in Connecticut, USA, I went back to The Sloughi has been my consuming
France when I was two. My father was also passion of 58 years now. I live with my
an artist, he taught me how to draw and husband, our rescued cats, French Pointer
paint - he did beautiful manuscript and our Sloughis on a ranch at the top of
decorations with gold leaf and inks. He also the hill of our private wildlife refuge in

knew how to bind books and made a book Iowa.
of my early animal drawings bound in
leather with gold lettering. I still have it M.-Dominique Crapon de Caprona, USA.
today.

In my adult life I went on to paint wildlife,

not as seen by a hunter but as seen by
a naturalist, representing animals as they
are when not hunted. Although I have
done oil paintings, my favorite technique is
gouache with fine brushes. I have exhibited
in Germany, Switzerland, France, and I
have worked with museums to depict

many species of butterflies for example. The Nap, after Ra’id, O’Dah, Amir, Dalal, Rabah Shi’Rayân,
Moroccan Jnah, Chamisa Schuru-esch-Schams.
Gouache on paper, 2009. 13” x 10” (30.5 cm x 25.5 cm).