Iris Reclining –Digital collage by Chris Leibow

Surreal collage by Chris Leibow depicting a reclining nude figure intertwined with a large iris flower against a brown background.

© 2025 Chris Leibow — Salt Lake City artist and poet.
Surreal collage, botanical surrealism, mixed media, and visual poetry.
Explore his poetry at Chris Leibow Studio

In this work, the body and the bloom are not separate forms but shared expressions of life’s intimacy. The figure reclines into the iris as if returning to the source — a gesture of surrender, belonging, and renewal. The image invites us to see eros not merely as desire between bodies, but as the deeper current that connects all living things. Here, sensuality becomes ecological: to touch the flower is to touch the earth itself, to remember that our flesh and nature

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