As someone who has attempted to paint faeries and other­worldly beings for fifty years, I know how difficult it is to be true to the subject matter. Iris Compiet’s work is an astonishing and masterful revelation of the Faery Realms. She is an artist who, with stun­ning alacrity reveals the fleeting personalities of the normally unseen. Her nuancedlines vibrate with spiritual energy – chasing and ultimately expressing the illusive nature of these liminal beings. Her work is infused with limpid washes of color that are seemingly take from a paintbox of hues gathered from the Aurora Borealis – eloquent in describing the ever changing qualitiesof Faery. Here are beings as witty and merry as an Irish Cluricaun as well as those of rare beauty that touch the heart and lift the soul. Brian FroudNovember, 2017