Sheena Barry — painter, teacher, returned home.

I am a professional artist and qualified teacher. My career began in Special Educational Needs and moved through primary schools across Staffordshire and Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. In 2025 I completed my MA in Fine Arts at Coventry University.

From 2019 I began teaching adults and children from my home studio in Rolleston on Dove. I had encountered too many people — children and grown-ups — who carried the quiet belief that they "couldn't do art." The studio was a way to disprove that, one painting at a time.

Now back in South Africa, I have reopened my doors in Belvidere, Knysna. I teach watercolour weekly, acrylic and mixed media once a month, and one-to-one when a painter wants closer attention. I also collaborate with local businesses on team-building sessions through art.

I'm a member of the Knysna Art Society and exhibit alongside local artists in the new art space above Chiffonade at Oaks on Main. I have written and published two books illustrated with my own paintings.

There are no mistakes in art, only marks that add to the whole of the painting.