Iris Beate Struller

Iris has been writing forever, but found her passion for painting only recently. 

"Combining the two really hasn't been too difficult," she says.  "Each craft requires a different focus, and I allow that to be wherever it takes me for the day."

In Florida, she has studied landscapes and portraits with Karen Leffel-Massengill and Chris Kling.  In New York, Sharon Sprung and Liz Adams-Jones have been her teachers at the Art Students League.

She has just published her first book, Window to the Soul, a very personal account of a spiritual awakening, which will be released on Amazon on January 13, 2018. 

"Whether I'm writing or painting, I try to capture the essence of spirit.  It is the part that makes you uniquely you, what's in your heart.  It may appear only briefly as a glint in your eye, or just a fleeting expression, but it tells the entire story.  It is that sense I try to communicate through my writings as well.  

Sometimes, when I step back and look at a painting just completed, I notice that Spirit has appeared within it, whether in the background or as an integral part, and it just makes me smile.  It lets me know how connected we all are, each of us to one another, in such a beautiful way."

Please contact me at iris@irisbeate.com to purchase originals or prints of my artwork.  And please visit Amazon.com to purchase Window to the Soul.

Thanks for stopping by!  Keep smiling.

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