Blue Ice Iris | Blue Iris Flower Close Up Canvas Wall Art Print

About Blue Ice Iris

A single bearded iris fills the square frame, its head turned slightly to the right. The upright standards curl and fold at the top, while the falls spread wide and low, their edges heavily ruffled and their centres marked with fine radiating veins. The bloom sits on a smooth stem with a slim bud below it. Colour runs from near black in the deepest folds through cobalt and indigo to pale, almost white highlights along the petal ridges. The background dissolves into soft, blurred blue shapes and streaks on white.

The whole image is worked in a single blue key, so the flower reads as much as a pattern of light and shadow as a botanical study. It is calm and graphic rather than pretty, with the crisp petal edges holding the eye against a deliberately out-of-focus surround.

The square format suits a bedroom above a chest of drawers, a bathroom wall, or a home office alcove. The cool blue and white sit well with white or pale grey walls, linen bedding, chrome and glass, and blonde timber. Pair it with another blue botanical or hang it alone above a console. Browse more blue art, multi-coloured art, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.