1) Compass Rose Floral Design
Lemuel Newton, Sunset, around 1967
Inspired by Florida’s grasslands and horizon landscapes, this three-layer design—representing ​sky, land, and water—reflects classic “Highwayman” art. Sunsets alone are visual wonders, and the​ vibrant coral sunset palette was enjoyable to work with.  ​(Website | Facebook | Instagram)

2) Rainy Day Floral Company
Alfred Hair, Ice, around 1962​
This design explores contrast, light, and movement. Soft whites and cool blues are layered with deeper tones, creating depth and a sense of motion within the arrangement.​ (Website | Instagram)

3) One Happy Flower Shop
Harold Newton, River Grass, around 1970 
I love a good road trip and have driven through Florida several times, so the history of how the “Highwaymen” sold their paintings out of their cars along the highways really resonated with me. I hope that my design will reflect the colors and mood of the painting as well as the freedom of being in nature and on the open road.​ (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

4) JD Peterson
Alfred Hair, Beach, around 1962​
The painting Beach comes alive with color, texture, motion, and depth. By using two containers at different heights, I aim to create depth to pull the viewer into the arrangement. Using different materials like moss, raffia, and Amaranthus in the first container, I strive to create the texture of the seashore. The second container employs colorful flowers in both round and linear shapes to emulate the motion and hue of the sea and sky.​ (Website)

5) Hidden JEM Farm
Jordan Ann Craig, Sharp Tongue: It Hit Me Hard and Soft, 2024
I was drawn to Jordan Ann Craig’s use of bold geometric shapes and vibrant colors. For my standing floral design, I chose roses, ranunculus, carnations, and seasonal blooms such as tulips and lisianthus to reflect the artwork’s energy and movement. Natural wood, copper, and pottery elements provide structure and texture, creating a dynamic composition that captures both the form and spirit of the piece.
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6) The Trojan Florist
Marie Watt, Skywalker Greets Sunrise, VI, 2021​
Our floral design is inspired by Watt’s artwork honoring the Mohawk ​”skywalkers” who built the skyscrapers of New York City. We replicated the work’s colors with our floral choices. The steel beam in our piece represents the steel manufacturing of ​Pittsburgh during the 20th century, when it produced over half of the nation’s ​steel. (Instagram)

7) Enchanted Florist
Nat Youngblood, Pittsburgh Industrial, 1973
Inspired by Pittsburgh Industrial by Nat Youngblood, this design reflects the balance of steel and sky. Structured vertical containers echo smokestacks, while warm autumn flowers soften the industrial landscape. The arrangement honors Pittsburgh’s strength, heritage, and the natural beauty surrounding its enduring steel valley. (Facebook | Instagram)

8) Steel City Florals
John Kane, Hills and Rivers, Steamboat at Sleepy Hollow, 1929
I wanted to capture the notable but reserved beauty of a forgotten, post-industrial small town tucked between the wooded hills, such as my own home town, Mon Valley, PA, and also Hudson Valley, the inspiration for John Kane’s painting. Both of these places are like a flower hidden beneath heavy greens and clouded skies, where if you didn’t know to look, you might never see it. When I see this painting, I see home. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

9) Catchfly Gardens
Francis Komperda, Portrait of Mike Kessel, around 1938-1940​
With my floral piece, I hope to recreate the depth and dimension of this painting with multiple layers on the pedestal. Daisies are manipulated to represent cogs of machinery. A central piece represents the figure, with equal emphasis on the skewed smokestacks in the distance. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

10) Blooms and Beans Flowers
Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Thomas Lynch Tiffany Window, around 1905​
 I found the inspiration for my design from learning some of the history behind the window. This homestead landscape depicts an Irish countryside, the birthplace of the father of Thomas Lynch, the industrialist for whom the piece was made. The flowers I chose are those that would be similar to those found in that area of Ireland. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

11) Bella Florals
Cynthia F. Cooley, Furnace Door, 1999​
I am inspired by the artist as she has spent decades painting historical landmarks and the industry of Pittsburgh. Personally, the painting reminds me of the refinement of character that can take place when one is brave enough and willing to step into the fire and emerge better for it. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

12) Galleria Botanica
A. (Annie) Campbell, Pittsburgh Aglow, around 1915​
My ultimate goal is to capture the experience of overlooking the beautiful birds-eye view of A. Campbell’s Pittsburgh Aglow. I want to bring to life the contrast between the serene hills in the foreground and the dynamic energy of the Pittsburgh cityscape just beyond them. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

13) A Pretty Flower
Charles W. (Bud) Gibbons, III, Spring, 1993​
I translated the painting’s landscape into floral form using layered greenery and blooms to reflect the depth of the scene, from textured foreground to airy flowering elements, capturing the feeling of a quiet spring landscape (Facebook | Instagram)

14) Philo Supply Company
Charles W. (Bud) Gibbons, III, Summer, 1991-1992​
Fresh assorted hydrangea, abundant greenery, and dried elements give way to a late summer afternoon in Pennsylvania. This design aims to capture the fleeting moments of summer while preparing for the upcoming season of harvest. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

15) Sugar Magnolia Blooms
Priscilla Warren Roberts, Flaming Youth, around 1975
Inspired by the artwork Flaming Youth, this design captures rebellious energy through bold reds and unique flowers that flow with the subject’s movement. I hand-built the dark structural element and sourced additional vessels from a local antique store, echoing the artist’s practice of incorporating found objects into her still lifes.​ (Facebook | Instagram)

16) Luna Joy Flower Farm
Robert Frederick Blum, Two Idlers, 1888-1889
Painted during the Victorian Era, Two Idlers has the feel of a warm summer day. The artist used a palette knife in portions of the painting, which gives it a carefree feel that I try to bring to my piece with an airy flow of flowers and greenery. Color is important as well, which I aim to replicate with my floral choices. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

17) Blooming Row
Harry Roseland, A Stitch in Time (Sewing on a Button), date unknown
This painting symbolizes holding things together, much like family itself. I used​ a large spool as my vessel, with vines echoing thread connecting grandfather and child to express a quiet virtue—the patience to mend, preserve, and pass wisdom from one generation to the next. (Facebook | Instagram)​

18) Fleur-de-Laur
Stuart Davis, Anchors, 1930
This floral installation interprets Stuart Davis’ Anchors through rhythm, repetition, and visual call-and-response rather than literal imagery.​ Inspired by Davis’ deep connection to American jazz, the composition​ contrasts linear structure with blocks of unmodulated color to create syncopated movement across space.​ Built architecturally—structure first, then color—each element functions​ independently while contributing to a unified, dynamic whole. The work invites viewers to experience Anchors not as a static image, but as a composition in motion.​ (Website | Facebook | Instagram)

19) Lea’s Floral Shop
Jasper Cropsey, Starrucca Viaduct, 1896​
My inspiration for this piece is nature, water, and clouds. When I look at this artwork, I see it as full of life, as when the landscape comes to life again after winter, which is why I incorporated the phoenix design. The groupings of florals represent the landscape of the painting, with a point of stillness low in the design to represent the water and hanging orbs to represent the clouds. The stone base container is the earth and also the bridge in the distance, strong and sturdy. 
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20) Mary Beth McConahey
Malvina Hoffman, La Frileuse (Shivering Girl), 1912​
This sculpture captures a moment of physical vulnerability rendered with extraordinary restraint—a figure without dramatization or sentimentalization. The girl is presented in a state of quiet exposure, her arms drawn inward, her posture contracted, and her emotions implied rather than declared. My floral installation creates a quiet space around her, holding and extending the atmosphere she inhabits. Taller forms gather at a distance, subtly encircling her presence and suggesting an unseen force that both witnesses and reflects her distress. The uppermost elements are withered blooms and desiccated botanicals, their fragile, exhausted surfaces mimicking the psychological origins of the girl’s trauma—showing how fracture first takes hold in the mind and heart before settling into the body. These brittle remnants give way to living materials and mosses, where life persists quietly beneath visible depletion. The work traces a move from brokenness to endurance, offering not resolution, but the possibility of persistence in the presence of damage and fear. (Website | Facebook | Instagram)