“Rising Beautiful and Cool” 8 x 8 in. austin artist especially one who bridged the

especially one who bridged the divine world and the human world

Then we had the irises

― Merida Johns

the sherbert colors

the summer night

“Rising Beautiful and Cool” 8 x 8 in. austin artist especially one who bridged theOriginal art 8 x 8 Acrylic on panel Framed, wired and ready to hang. "Well. Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash, light blue, light mauve, and the darker ones, velvet and purple, black cat's ears in the sun, indigo shadow, and the bleeding hearts, so female in shape it was a surprise they'd not long since been rooted out." Margaret Atwood from The