Be inspired by the extraordinary paintings from a young autistic artist from England.
The Artist
She is best known for her early work at aged four but has continued to paint while growing up in Leicestershire near Market Harborough. Her talent to express herself through painting astonished the world as at that time she was not speaking. Iris’s mother Arabella Carter-Johnson shares her art to inspire and raise awareness of her condition.
The story is published Globally and Iris sells paintings to private art collectors in the UK and all over the world including Angelina Jolie.
‘Highly intricate luminous pieces of art’ The Times
‘An Astonishing Talent’ Daily Express
‘Remarkable’ ITV News
‘Paintings that have stunned the art world’ Daily Mail
Iris met Thula, a Maine coon cat in 2014 and life at home started to change. They had an immediate affinity. At this point Iris started to open up and communicate with Thula in a way that she hadn’t done before and this started her amazing journey with many animals .
The Book
Arabella documented their journey through diary entries and photographs and now tells Iris’s story in her first book. It is illustrated in full colour with photographs and of course Iris’s beautiful paintings. ‘Iris Grace’ has been published in Hardcover by Penguin and has been translated into 11 languages.
Original Works of Art
A selection of Iris’s Original paintings are for sale. Email Arabella at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com to receive the price list and information about delivery.
Giclee Prints
To order a giclee print email Arabella at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com
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, art materials, education and Iris’s future.
Iris Grace Painting 
I’m a journalist at Channel 5 News and we’d love to feature Iris on our programme. Please can you tell me if this is something you’d like her to do and also if she has been on national TV before?
It would be great if you could call me either on 07984 827919 or 020 70982866.
Kind regards,
Jacqui Fuller
Dear Jacqui,
When we first decided to go public with Iris’s story I made a vow to myself that this was our decision to raise awareness for Autism and Iris was not to be affected in any way, her routine would stay the same and her childhood would be ‘normal’ so I’m afraid taking her on National television is never going to be an option or interviewing her. We are flattered and we never would have dreamt that there would be so much interest in her paintings but I need to keep our home lives the same. She has therapy every day and time out in our garden, bike rides, swimming, music…at the moment she is making great strides with her speech and I just dont want to disturb any of it. Hope you understand, thankyou so much for asking us,
Kind Regards,
Arabella
I teach in a special education classroom and work with autistic children. I would love to be able to display a print or postcard with your daughter’s artwork. They often get frustrated because they can’t understand concepts and work in class. I believe Iris’s work would be an inspiration to them. I want them to see that even though they have autism, every child has something special to share with the world. Best wishes to you and your family!
I very like her paintings❤
Can I buy it ???
Hi, I fell in love with Iris’s paintings when I saw them. I’d love to buy them for my own collection for inspiration. I have a school for children and am learning so much from them in return everyday. Please let me know how I can contact you. Thank you very much, Michelle C
Very talented young lady would love to purchase for my home!