The Dutch painter began Irises in 1889 on his first full day at a psychiatric hospital. Getty Museum. On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital ...

That's how much Iris Scott's finger paintings start at, and they can go up to over $40,000. Iris found a way to turn what most of us think of as an elementary-school pastime into a serious career.

The Van Gogh irises that brighten refrigerator magnets and wrap around coffee mugs are sweet. But they don't compare to the real deal, unveiled Friday morning at the Minneapolis Institute of Art ...