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 
Unbelievable! Can we get a catalog of the paitings ? Eli Baran,Israel, 56 Yehoshua Ben Nun str. Hrezlia 46763
I cant explain my overwhelming joy when I came across Iris’ story! She warms my heart so much and I am so glad that God has given her such a beautiful talent to help her cope with the bad days. I absolutely love her curiosity and intelligence; and her pure love for Thula is so inspiring! I cant wait to see more of her amazing paintings!
p.s. PLEASE READ “A MANGO SHAPED SPACE” by Wendy Mass!!! This book reminds me sooo much of Iris! It is about a girl who has synesthesia – she associates color, shape, and texture with letters, words, sounds, tastes and more! This is a real condition and I think you might find it very interesting! Also the girl in the book, Mia, has a cat named mango (because that is the color of the cat’s purr) that she is extremely close to like Thula is to Iris.
With Love,
Madison
We also have a 5 year old daughter with autism (still non verbal), who was also diagnosed with autism in December 2011. I wish our daughters could be little friends! I am very admirative of all the work you have done with her and that you were able to find that art therapy is her thing and helps her progress. She seems to be feeling so serene and secure in your beautiful pictures, this is all thanks to your efforts! She is really talented, but also a gorgeous little girl who wants to enjoy herself. I know things mustn’t always be as easy as the beautiful pictures you post, so I wanted to send you my encouragements. We haven’t found the equivalent activity for our daughter, I hope we will. And I hope we can some day have the same cat too 🙂 I will order your cards for christmas, they’ll be the best ones ever. Best wishes!
Thankyou for your message Anne-Marie, very much appreciated x
SHE IS AMAZING! she was only 3 and she could do this? even i cant draw/paint my self but her arts are really interesting.
Beautiful and inspiring.
May you tell me where i could buy some of these beautiful paintings if they are for sale, i know how precious ur childs paintings are.
The names of them have really hit home with me, i suffer with bipolar and currently on a downer with meds trying to bring me back to a certain level. I have never felt so calm at ease and rested no worries no tears there was just tranquility when i saw the ones i saw and the music i heard from the clip was playing over and over in my head. I realised i had sat and looked at her picture for 45 minutes before i heard the beeping of the cooker timer. Lol lamb chops were cooked but nothing else.
If one picture can make me feel like i just felt i would buy one. Not to have those terrible feelings daily would be amazing and from a child so young who has a disability herself (if thats what you call it).
God bless you and your family xxxx
Carolynevaughan@btinternet.com