Iris by Andrea LaHue aka Random Act

Artist: Andrea LaHue aka Random Act

Title: Iris

Edition: Hand Embellished Archival pigment print on sustainable Bamboo Paper, from an edition of 10

Medium: Embellished with 24 karat gold leaf & spray paint.

Size:  16 x 16 inches 

Markings: Hand Signed and numbered with chop mark

Date: 2021

Iris is known as the goddess of rainbows and the messenger for the Olympian gods of Grecian Mythology.  A sea and sky goddess, her father Thaumas, a marine god, and mother Elektra, a cloud nymph.  As the rainbow bridges the clouds and sea, Iris was thought to refill the clouds with rain water, her message brought from the gods, was life giving rain.  She was often depicted with wings and a pitcher.  Iris means rainbow and eiris means messenger in greek.