One would think I could get it together and create a professional artist’s bio. These days it's a challenge to look respectable even in my own living room - a place where my only audience is a lumberjack from Vermont and a weird little white dog who is convinced she is human.

 

So, I thought I would take a minute to break from the professional and speak to the honest.

 

I take photographs to keep me sane. I started Fiedlwork Vermont, the next chapter after Fischer Arts, to keep me grounded. Allowing my eyes to see beauty, symmetry, and light – that keeps me afloat.

 

Over the years I have explored many career paths. I admit that my favorite employment experiences include: 1) making deli customers huge sandwiches with giant slabs of brie cheese and 2) teaching college students the biology of reproduction – as both have led the consumer on the other end to moments of wide-eyed enlightenment. I’m often restless. I’ve lived in the city, deep in the woods, and on both sides of the Atlantic. I am addicted to science and facts, but I am quite certain stuffed animals have emotions. I’m crazily attracted to bright colors and shiny objects, but generally prefer to wear black.

 

Most importantly, there is not a day that goes by without my feeling profound and deep gratitude for the beauty in the natural world, the creatures I share this planet with, and the man I share this life with (to note: he has weird feet, but he is pretty awesome).  

 

Thank you for reading, and for joining me on this journey.

-Iris

 

Iris Fischer-McMorrow​

Iris lives at the "Fieldstation" in Southern Vermont with her husband and dog Luna. Her love of nature and animals brought her to a career in veterinary medicine, and throughout her time as a veterinarian, scientist, and college professor she has grown and evolved her body of work in the visual arts. Her photography is influenced by the color, light, and symmetry found in fleeting moments.

 

Iris has shown work throughout New England, from the Berkshires to the New Hampshire Seacoast. Highlights include the Mad River Valley Craft Fair, Naturally New England, as well as the Art Center in Dover, NH. You can find her work available at Fieldwork Vermont.