Art Drop #2: Midsummer Hand Bouquet

A midsummer hand bouquet in a limited release art drop.

Ephemeral Assemblage Art

Hi! Diana here. I was thinking recently how limiting the role of ‘photographer’ can be, how pigeon-holed we can get working with light and pixels with the intention of presenting a cohesive body of work that is easy to digest for the collector.

How many times have we been asked “Oh you’re photographers! So, what kind of photography do you do?” and totally panicked? Too many times! The pulse quickens, the room gets hot and cue the sweat. We dread this question. The best way to answer this is with visuals – just look at our body of work – but in the moment having to describe in words what attracts our eye and what we do with that work seems trite and insufficient. The truth is our visual interests are diverse and complex, and as we’re two different people our interests both overlap and diverge. We are definitely guilty of self-limiting what work we offer for the perceived “market” but increasingly I’ve been thinking this may not be serving us well.

Diana assembling her latest hand bouquet for Art Drop #2.

One thing that is purely mine and I unabashedly don’t care what the market thinks of it is my Hand Bouquets project, a series of ephemeral assemblage art created and photographed by me bridging together my love of gardening and horticulture with my skills in photography. This project has laid dormant in the years since I became a parent – until now.

I’m finally able to take the time to carefully construct these delicate compositions of plantlife, painstakingly arranging colors, shapes, and forms on the canvas of my left hand in a way that pleases me. It seems almost rebellious to stop the clock, take the time and intensely focus on the arrangement. It’s also very me. The same me that photographed rust in a dumpster last month. I can be both of these kinds of photographers.

So for Art Drop #2, we are delighted to present Midsummer Hand Bouquet for your viewing pleasure.

I combined nigella, borage, lavender, false indigo, yarrow and radish flowers with rue and bronze fennel foliage – it’s a pink to blue to purple feast for the eyes.

Prints, both framed and unframed, of the Midsummer Hand Bouquet will only be available until July 10, 2023.

Many thanks for reading! If you know someone who would appreciate this hand bouquet, please forward this on to them.

If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you! Until next time…