Iris Painting Size:24"x36" Patches of blue sky break

Patches of blue sky break through the canopy overhead

a bright carrot nose and a multicoloured striped scarf knotted at his throat

generous and full of quiet optimism

full of naive storybook detail

a celebration of autumn at its most vivid and alive

Iris Painting Size:24"x36" Patches of blue sky breakA single iris commands the frame, its ruffled petals layered in warm lilac and violet that deepen towards plum at the edges. Golden orange beards blaze at the heart of the bloom, drawing the eye through delicate folds rendered in confident, painterly brushwork. The flower rises on a sturdy green stem flanked by curving leaves and a small budding shoot, while the background dissolves into shadowy bronze and umber that lends the composition a quiet