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Iris’s style is a mix between Impressionism and Abstract, she uses acrylics and watercolours and lately has been experimenting with adding chalks and mixed media. She paints in her garden room studio at home and also out in the pretty English garden that surrounds the house with her animals by her side.
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‘The Life That’s All Things Moving’
‘The Life That’s All Things Moving’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
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 Iris was reading a new book called ‘Listen to the Music, a world of magical melodies’. The book took her 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 she named the painting, inspired by the words of the beautiful ‘Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans’
Here is an example picture of how ‘The Life That’s All Things Moving’ will look framed.
‘Touch The Sky’
‘Touch The Sky’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
This year Iris has been working with Arabella on a journal they call the ‘Song Book’. It is a collection of Iris’s favourite songs and Arabella reads the lyrics to her at night to calm her anxieties and to help with her difficulties with sleep. At the time of painting ‘Touch the Sky’ Iris loved the song from the film ‘Brave’.
“Touch The Sky” (from “Brave” soundtrack)
When the cold wind’s 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
Here is an example of ‘Touch The Sky’ mounted and framed.
‘Mountain Water’
‘Mountain Water’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
‘Lunisolar’
‘Lunisolar’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
‘Over The Mountains, Over The Sea’
‘Over the mountains, over the sea’ Acrylics on canvas board 40cm x 40cm
‘Floating in the Midnight Sky’
‘Floating in the Midnight Sky’ Acrylics on canvas board 40cm x 40cm
Iris painting ‘Floating in the Midnight Sky’ with Thula by her side. The picture below is an example of the painting mounted and framed. Iris loves soft pastels, feels like lavender granite, a mixture of smells, a touch of stone but with the fluid nature of water or a landscape seen from above. You can even see the movement of sand falling or dust in the air. You can see what intrigues her, what delights and takes her attention into far away places. Another one from the ‘Song Book’
‘Walking in the Air’ by Howard Blake
We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the moonlit sky The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I’m holding very tight I’m riding in the midnight blue I’m finding I can fly so high above with you
Far across the world The villages go by like dreams The rivers and the hills The forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouth Taken by surprise Nobody down below believes their eyes
We’re surfing in the air We’re swimming in the frozen sky We’re drifting over icy Mountains floating by
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep
We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the midnight sky And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
‘Equinox’
‘Equinox’ Acrylics on canvas board 40cm x 40cm
‘Equinox’, painted in the week after Iris attended the Spring Equinox Fire Circle at the Roundhouse Haven in Stoke Albany.
Andrea was the host. Iris had worked alongside her for the ‘Emotions in Motion’ workshops at The Little Explorers Activity Club and she was keen to hear her voice again and the drum. It was a great evening around the fire singing songs to celebrate life and the longer days. While Iris sang her nervous cough that had developed last month disappeared. Her concentration and mind was focused on her breathing, the beat and voice.
Many would think it seems an odd activity for a person who struggles with speech but music somehow makes those pathways free. There wasn’t a set structure apart from the warm up where Iris connected to the energy points in her body, referred to as Chakras. Mostly it was about freeing your voice and feeling the sounds and moving with it.
The experience has opened up new ideas about how to use our voices and acoustic healing, how we can all integrate it into our everyday lives. Something to help re-balance, to release tension and to energise.
Shorelines Edge
‘Shorelines Edge’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
Journey Through The Dreamscape
‘Journey Through The Dreamscape’ painted onto watercolour paper 55cm x 75cm
Please do get in touch with Arabella at irisgracepainting@yahoo.com if you would like more information on any of the above paintings.
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