Capturing the Moment
Iris considers herself a naturalist, inextricably connected with her native California landscape. When painting in the outdoors she is constantly aware of the advance of time, the changing light, the wind, the moving clouds, the sky. A tranquil hillside, a turbulent sea, working rapidly with bold colors and broad brushstrokes, she captures the moment, to fix it in paint on canvas.
Iris was born and raised in San Francisco in a family of artists. Her mother a painter, muralist and printmaker, and her father, a sculptor, both worked on the WPA. After receiving degrees in Fine Art, and Psychology, and teaching credentials in Art and Multiple Subjects, from SF State University, she married and moved to the East Bay with her family. Teaching art and elementary school for many years, she has continued to paint, devoting herself primarily to painting figures from life, and painting outdoors in her beloved landscape.

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