Iris is an expressionistic, figurative painter who received her M.F.A. in 1997 and has since been exhibiting her artwork nationally and internationally. Iris’ art is currently featured at the New Jersey ArtFirst exhibition in which Kelly Baum, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, was a juror.

Upon request by Dr. Rebecca Garden, Iris’ art was recently featured in SUNY Upstate Medical University’s The Healing Muse journal, is included in a number of private collections and was featured in the University of Southern California film, Open Studio.

Iris’favorite mediums are oil paint and lipstick. Iris’ drawing, “Confrontation in Lipstick,” was featured at New Zealand’s Massey University by Dr. Stensrud and in the San Diego Union Tribune by Robert Pincus.