art in bloom

Ok... so I am going to give this "blogging" thing a whirl.
Yesterday, I went with Alexis (and Bob's parents), and Hannah to the MFA for Art in Bloom.

I have to say that, initially, I was a little confused as to what to expect from Art in Bloom. I was envisioning large layouts of flowers or petals arranged to form a picture. This was not the case. Rather, each florist had to either capture the essence or render a "copy" of each painting/sculpture/etc. in a single potted arrangement. I will say that I was quite impressed with the majority of them.

Now, I am not an art critic by any stretch of the imagination... but two of my favorites were based on the paintings below.



This painting itself is quite dramatic and the florist did a great job of capturing not only the grandeur of the mountains and the impending storm but also the rich colors. The flower arrangement had a great deal of texture drawing attention to the mountains and even to the shrubbery in the painting.

(Unfortunately, I didn't realize that I could take a camera in to the museum to take photos of the flowers and the MFA doesn't have any pictures of Art in Bloom on their site yet. Thus, no photos of the actual "blooms.")



I also really enjoyed the arrangement that went with this painting. I am actually not a huge fan of this piece, itself. However, the florist found the perfect gnarly wooden branch to anchor the flowers much like the crumbling rocks of the grotto frame this painting. The colors of the flowers in the arrangement mimicked the peachy-oranges and yellows of the picture with a subtle bit of blue thrown in for the sea. This florist didn't take "poetic license" to interpret the piece, but translated, very well, every minute detail in his/her arrangement.

Art in Bloom: two thumbs up!