This is Iris’s latest painting ‘Dream Maker’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm.
Painted with acrylics, watercolours and metallic watercolours.
If you would like to order a Giclee Print we are offering the Prints at the same size as the Original: 55cm x 75cm (21.65 inches x 29.52 inches) – £170.00
Shipping:
All print orders are shipped using tracked and signed delivery with Royal Mail.
For the United Kingdom we have a flat rate of £14.00 covering postage, packing and insurance.
For the Rest of the World £30.00
To order a giclee print please email Arabella with your order at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
Iris’s new painting for this week – ‘Moon River & Me’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm.
Painted with acrylics, watercolours and metalic watercolours.
If you would like to order a Giclee Print of ‘Moon River & Me’ we are offering the Prints at the same size as the Original: 55cm x 75cm (21.65 inches x 29.52 inches) – £170.00
Shipping:
All print orders are shipped using tracked and signed delivery with Royal Mail.
For the United Kingdom we have a flat rate of £14.00 covering postage, packing and insurance.
For the Rest of the World £30.00
To order a giclee print please email Arabella with your order at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
Example of how ‘Moon River & Me’ could look mounted and framed.
Iris’s new painting for this week – ‘Touch The Sky’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm.
Painted with acrylics, watercolours & chalk.
If you would like to order a Giclee Print of ‘Touch The Sky’ we are offering the Prints at the same size as the Original: 55cm x 75cm (21.65 inches x 29.52 inches) – £170.00
Shipping:
All print orders are shipped using tracked and signed delivery with Royal Mail.
For the United Kingdom we have a flat rate of £14.00 covering postage, packing and insurance.
For the Rest of the World £30.00
To order a giclee print or enquire about the Original painting please email Arabella at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
An example of ‘Touch the Sky’ mounted and framed.
The story behind the name, Iris is currently working on a project with me that we have called ‘The Song Book’. It’s a beautiful bound marbled notebook and inside we are writing the lyrics of all of her favourite songs. It’s like a reference book for me and a keepsake for her. It helps me in tough moments to read the songs to her and it has a remarkable effect of calming worries or switching the thoughts to something that brings joy. While this painting was being created the song that we added to her book was ‘Touch the Sky’ from the Disney film Brave.
Here are the Lyrics
When the cold wind is a’calling And the sky is clear and bright Misty mountains sing and beckon Lead me out into the light
I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky
Where dark woods hide secrets And mountains are fierce and bold Deep waters hold reflections Of times lost long ago
I will hear their every story Take hold of my own dream Be as strong as the seas are stormy And proud as an eagle’s scream
I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky
And touch the sky Chase the wind Chase the wind Touch the sky
‘The Life that’s all things moving’ 55cm x 75cm painted onto watercolour paper
Painted with acrylics, watercolours & chalk.
If you would like to order a Giclee Print we are offering the Prints at the same size as the Original: 55cm x 75cm (21.65 inches x 29.52 inches) – £170.00
Shipping:
All print orders are shipped using tracked and signed delivery with Royal Mail.
For the United Kingdom we have a flat rate of £14.00 covering postage, packing and insurance.
For the Rest of the World £30.00
To order a giclee print or enquire about purchasing the Original painting please email Arabella with your order at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
This Photograph below was taken to highlight the beautiful textures Iris has created. By layering the paint and adding different mediums like grated/powdered chalk she has built depth and interest into the paper’s surface. It’s almost like a Pointillism technique mixed with Impressionism. This painting seems to work at whatever angle you look at it, you can turn it around and you see something new.
Before painting this one we were reading a new book, it is called ‘Listen to the Music, a world of magical melodies’. The book took us time travelling through history around the world and after reading each page Iris found the music on Spotify to add to her collections and to hear more from the artist she was researching. There was one piece from a nun called Hildegard (1098-1179), It begins: ” Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita moves omnia (Holy Spirit: living and life-giving, the life that’s all things moving )”. Iris played it over and over while she worked mixing the colours and sprinkling powdered chalk into the wet paint. So this is how we named the painting, inspired by the words of the beautiful ‘Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans’
To celebrate Iris’s 14th Birthday I thought it would be fun to share one of her latest paintings.
‘Open A New Window’ 55cm x 75cm, painted with acrylics, watercolours & chalk.
If you would like to order a Giclee Print we are offering the Prints at the same size as the Original: 55cm x 75cm (21.65 inches x 29.52 inches) – £170.00
Shipping:
All print orders are shipped using tracked and signed delivery with Royal Mail.
For the United Kingdom we have a flat rate of £14.00 covering postage, packing and insurance.
For the Rest of the World £30.00
To order a giclee print please email Arabella with your order at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
We are also offering the Original painting for sale so if you would like the price and info on delivery please do get in touch via email.
Here is an example of how it could look framed, the Original will be sold dry mounted onto board and unframed for safety in transit.
Weʼre raising £1,500 to pay for the animal feed so we can support families with Autism with our Animal Assisted Therapy Sessions & Autism friendly activities.
We have created a stress-free, non-judgmental environment at The Little Explorers Activity Club CIC for families with autism and other special needs to enjoy with our animals offering animal-assisted therapy, therapeutic pony rides, home education days and activities for all abilities.
Mainly working with children on the Autism Spectrum and their families but also families with anxiety and depression.
Our Outcomes: Improved confidence, communication, self-esteem, skills & personal development. A sense of community and relief from isolation.
We believe in tailoring each session to individual needs and empowering the parent’s knowledge and skills to be able to use our approach at home even without the ponies. We have developed a free PDF downloadable 30 page guide for the families to follow.
This year we are raising funds to pay for the animal’s feed, the hay alone costs £1200 per yr. All costs have gone up since the war started in the Ukraine and this has put high pressures on our resources. Donations and grants are vital so we can keep supporting the families that come to our sessions.
Each bale of hay costs £5.
Spending time with ponies is proven to reduce anxiety, aid communication with kids on the autism spectrum, ADD, ADHD and reduce depression.
It has been seen to lower blood pressure, help concentration, calm anxiety and build confidence. It has been clinically documented that just being around horses and ponies changes human brainwave patterns, we calm down and become more centered and focused when we are with them. This is a precious gift for those on the spectrum and their families.
Sometimes it can be difficult to imagine what a piece of artwork will look like once it’s mounted and framed up on the wall. Would it be best positioned above a mantlepiece or your office desk? Maybe in the kitchen or living room? Iris and I have created some mock-ups for you to see, examples of her work in interiors to get your mind’s eye in the groove so you can easily start to picture her framed pieces up in your own home.
Using extremely ‘high end’ scan-back camera technology and daylight balanced lighting, we are able to create an incredibly accurate and detailed digital image from Iris’s Original Paintings.
Our colour management ensures consistency and guarantees the highest standards and quality of image. With the very latest in art printing technology with fully calibrated photo-scanning, processing and printing equipment, we pay fastidious attention to colour balancing to ensure extremely accurate reproduction.
The word Giclée (“g-clay”), is derived from the French verb gicler meaning “to squirt or spray”, Giclée, is used to describe a fine art digital printing process combining pigment based inks with high quality archival quality paper (Hahnemühle German Etching, 310 gsm) to achieve Giclée prints of superior archival quality, light fastness and stability.
Profits from the sales of her art go towards her therapies, education and future.
Sometimes it can be difficult to imagine what a piece of artwork will look like once it’s mounted and framed up on the wall. Especially when looking at the images of the paintings online. Iris’s art is all painted at home in East Farndon close to Market Harborough but we display her work on her website & online shop.
See Iris’s paintings from anywhere in the world not just in Market Harborough
This gives anyone from any location at any time the chance to view her collection. We do understand that it can be hard to work out if it would be best positioned above a mantlepiece or your office desk? Maybe in the kitchen or living room?
So Iris and I have created some mock-ups for you to see, examples of her work in interiors to get your mind’s eye in the groove so you can easily start to picture her framed pieces up in your own home.
Using extremely ‘high end’ scan-back camera technology and daylight balanced lighting, we are able to create an incredibly accurate and detailed digital image from Iris’s Original Paintings.
Using extremely ‘high end’ scan-back camera technology and daylight balanced lighting, we are able to create an incredibly accurate and detailed digital image. Our colour management ensures consistency and guarantees the highest standards and quality of image.
We pay fastidious attention to colour balancing to ensure extremely accurate reproduction. With the very latest in art printing technology with fully calibrated photo-scanning, processing and printing equipment.
The word Giclée (“g-clay”), is derived from the French verb gicler meaning “to squirt or spray”. Giclée, is used to describe a fine art digital printing process combining pigment based inks with high quality archival quality paper (Hahnemühle German Etching, 310 gsm) to achieve Giclée prints of superior archival quality, light fastness and stability.
Profits from the sales of her art go towards her therapies, education and future.
We have created a stress-free, non-judgmental environment at The Little Explorers Activity Club for families with autism and other special needs to enjoy with our ponies offering animal-assisted therapy and therapeutic pony rides and activities for all abilities.
Mainly working with children on the Autism Spectrum and their families but also families with anxiety and depression. Our Outcomes: Improved confidence, communication, self-esteem, skills & personal development. A sense of community and relief from isolation. We believe in tailoring each session to individual needs and empowering the parent’s knowledge and skills to be able to use our approach at home even without the ponies. We have developed a free PDF downloadable 30 page guide for the families to follow. Over the winter we have had our sessions paused due to the virus, we are raising some re-start money to fund our insurance to open again in the spring once this current Omicron wave is over. Spending time with ponies is proven to reduce anxiety, aid communication with kids on the autism spectrum, ADD, ADHD and reduce depression. It has been seen to lower blood pressure, help concentration, calm anxiety and build confidence. It has been clinically documented that just being around horses and ponies changes human brainwave patterns, we calm down and become more centered and focused when we are with them.
We are offering Iris’s Raining Cats Silk Scarf on a Summer Sale at 50% off, here is the link to her online shop where you can buy this beautiful scarf.
With the help from a Cotswold family-run company called Beckford Silk with nearly half a century of silk printing expertise behind them we have created Iris’s silk scarf. Their designers worked with us to produce a scarf that is not only visually stunning but also feels exquisite. As many of you know Iris’s sensitivities to fabrics has been an issue in the past so she was our ultimate product tester. As she flew around the house and garden with the scarf around her I knew we were onto a winner. Iris is in good company, Beckford Silk has an impressive client list, institutions, such as the National Trust, Highgrove, Westminster Abbey, the Tate and the Royal Academy. The first painting to be printed onto silk is ‘Raining Cats’, I adore her gentle mix of blues and earthy tones, they shine brightly on the pure silk and I hope it will inspire adding a little magic to those who wear it.
It is packed in a cellophane wrap with care/washing instructions inside. 85cm x 85cm with blue stitched hem
Iris Grace Painting 