Briana Jamieson Iris Painting

Paz Cardigan in Grape Silk Cotton, 2025

Oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm

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I planned this series of paintings in late August, sitting under the light shade of trees on the bank of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea. Sweet white flowers covered the trees, and delicate yellow flowers on long stems floated in the grass, petals backlit by the sun. I could hear the water lapping at the shore below and the sea was glittering and blue; reminding me of the iridescent blue fabric of Penny Sage’s Sea Anemone Party Girl Dress, which caught my eye and inspired me when I first saw the SS25/26 lookbook. One week until spring and there was a fresh warmth in the air. Birds were chirping happily in the trees and bees hummed around the white flowers in the tree’s branches. In the distance, the snow capped mountains melted gently in the sun.