Iris starts these huge paintings with the background. And by huge, it means her canvas can be as large as 8 feet tall by 8 feet wide. Because of the sheer size, the materials alone start to add up.

Olive Trees With Yellow Sky and Sun, oil on canvas, 1889. Van Gogh painted several of his most famous works while at the asylum, including his Iris series and The Starry Night. In May of 1889 ...

In May of 1889, in the depths of a mental health crisis, Vincent van Gogh retreated to an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, ...