The Princess and the Pauper Series

In searching for flower forms I found the Iris, too, stood out from all the rest both because of its distinctive silhouette and also because of memories of my childhoos. They grew beside our garage and fascinate me with their forms and intracasies. I loved to separate the petals and explore their interior spaces.

A sudden inspiration made me use both in this series...the orchid, the exotic princess, and the iris, the common garden flower. Who ever gave a bunch of iris...let alone one...as something special? Yet here it was ranking with the jungle princess for rights to the title of most distinctive flower form! The significance struck me as a statement of deeper meaning!