Works by Iris Grace Halmshaw sell for as much as £1,500. The five year old artist was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and is mostly nonverbal because of her condition. 'From the first painting, she filled the paper with colour and it wasn't random - it was considered and thought out,' says her mother, Arabella Carter-Johnson. Iris, who has been producing impressionist-style artworks since she was three, has found fresh inspiration in new best friend Thula the cat. Picture: Arabella Carter-Johnson

Credit : Arabella Carter-Johnson