Bouquets to Art at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California is a must see for floral designers. To see how other designers have been inspired by work of arts and interpret these works of art with flowers is quite impressive.
Here are some of the pieces from this year’s show:
Floral Designer: Soulflower Design Studio Art Piece: Mark Rothko
Floral Designer: Katharina Stuart Floral Art and Design. Art Piece: Ed Ruscha, The Petroplots Suite.
Floral Designer: VelaFlor, Ricardo Aguilar. Art Piece: Jacob Lawrence, Migration
Floral Designer: Orinda Garden Club. Art Piece: Richard Pousette-Dart
Floral Designer: City College of San Francisco. Art Piece: Richard Diebenkorn, Miller 22
Floral Designer: Woodside-Atherton Garden Club. Art Piece: Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley No. 3
Floral Designer: Blooming Floral Design, Inc. Art Piece: Sam Francis, Helio
Floral Designer: Paradise Foods Floral Department. Art Piece: Dale Chihuly
Floral Designer: Bonnie Hart. Art Piece: Rockwell Kent, Afternoon on the Sea
(designer? #1)
Floral Designer: Arlene Boyle, Violetta. Art Piece: Judas Ullulaq, Inukshuk (like a person)
Floral Designer: Anies Charles. Art Piece: Cornelia Parker, Anti-Mass
Floral Designer: Sunshine Flowers and Event Design. Art Piece: Eastman Johnson, Woman in the White Dress
Floral Designer: Pico Soriano. Art Piece: Brice Marden, Five Plates
Floral Designer: Catherine Scott. Art Piece: Finger mask for Storytelling
Floral Designer: Pomegranate. Art Piece: Selden Connor Gile
Floral Designer: Rainforest Fantasy Flower Shop. Art Piece: Camilio Tafoya, Storage jar
Floral Designer: Twigs and Stems
Floral Designer: Gingerleaf Floral. Art Piece: Franklin Simmons, Penelope
Floral Designer: Church Street Flowers. Art Piece: John Cederquist, Conservation Chair
Floral Designer: Poppy’s Petalworks. Art Piece: David Regan, Cod Tureen
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown.
Floral Designer: AK Design. Art Piece: Commemorative ballgame yoke with underworld figures
Floral Designer: April Flowers. Art Piece: Ancient Maya Wares and Figures
Floral Designer: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Flower Committee. Art Piece: Miniature Pueblo Pottery
Floral Designer: Lovey’s Garden. Art Piece: George Hitchcock, Tulip Culture
Floral Designer: Chestnut and Vine.
Floral Designer: Dianna Vigil, AIFD. Art Piece: Edmund Charles Tarbell, The Blue Veil
Floral Designer: Takako Ikebana Studio. Art Piece: Gottfried Heinwein, Ephiphany II
Floral Designer: Nob Hill Florist. Art Piece: Nicolas Africano, Untitled
Floral Designers: Belle Flora. Art Piece: Ruth Asawa, Untitled
Floral Designer: Alena Jean. Art Piece: Ruth Asawa, Untitled
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer: DeVoy Designs. Art Piece: Brice Marden, Five Plates
Floral Designers: Plumweed Flowers. Art Piece: Robert Rauschenberg, Shadow
Floral Designer: Natalie Bowen Designs. Art Piece: Jo Baer, Untitled
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer: Tutti Fiori Floral Design. Art Piece: Theodoros Stamos, Flower Eruption
Floral Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer: Orinda Garden Club. Art Piece: Unknown
Floral Designer: Nancy Liu Chin. Art Piece: Chiura Obata, Lake Basin in the High Sierra
Floral Designer: Renka Design Group. Art Piece: Arthur Dove, Sea Gull Motive
Floral Designer: Jean David. Art Piece: Benjamin West.
Floral Designer: Donnel Vicente Designs. Art Piece: Robert Rauschenberg, Realm
Floral Designer: Michiko Shimoda. Art Piece: Nathan Oliveira, Weaver
Floral Designer: Regula’s European Design. Art Piece: Sean Scully, Wall of Light Horizon
Floral Designer: The Tompkison Group. Art Piece: Richard Diebenkorn, Seawall
Floral Designer: Dariel Alexander. Art Piece: Jerome Thompson, Recreation
Floral Designer: Yoko Ishii Klingebeil. Art Piece: Dorothy Napangardi, Sandhills
Floral Designers: Miss Scarlet’s Flowers. Art Piece: Federick Butman, Chateau de Chillon
Flower Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Flower Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
Flower Designer and Art Piece: Unknown
You may have noticed a few of these say either the floral designer or the art piece is unknown. If you know who the credit should go to for any of these missing pieces I would appreciate you letting us know. At times it was hard to get close to the credits for each piece due to the enormous crowd at the show.