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Artist Arranges Blossoms and Leaves Into Exquisite Floral Portraits

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

With a love of color and an approach inspired by nature, a delightful duo of artists known as Sister Golden designs and crafts gorgeous goodies and pieces of art—like the exquisite and enchanting floral art portraits by Vicki Rawlins, one half of the creative pair.

Composed of just-blossomed blooms, dried leaves, jade-green succulents, and other forest finds, each portrait portrays a flower-y female subject. Every depiction is set against either a white backdrop or a beautiful, nature-filled background. And sometimes, the muses are even joined by animal friends. Much like the flowers themselves, each arrangement is entirely ephemeral, fabricated by Rawlins without the aid of glue or tape. Once complete, Rawlins either reuses the botanicals in another project or she simply returns them to Mother Nature. “There’s a freedom in knowing everything I’m doing is temporary,” she explains in her artist's statement.

To Rawlins, the process behind each plant-y portrait is just as meaningful as the finished product. “The actual act of creating each piece, for me, is therapeutic, spending lots of time outside walking and foraging, truly in the moment, my eyes scanning every square inch of my surroundings,” she elaborates. “A fallen leaf goes into the bag, later it may become an eyebrow or dog ear. I pick up thin twigs, hoping they’ll work as a cheekbone or chin. The possibilities seem endless!”

To buy your own blossoming flower art portrait, you can sift through Sister Golden's collection of flower prints.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

Floral art illustrations by sister golden featuring flowers, plants, and nature.

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All images via Sister Golden.

Kelly Richman-Abdou

Kelly Richman-Abdou is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met. An art historian living in Paris, Kelly was born and raised in San Francisco and holds a BA in Art History from the University of San Francisco and an MA in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University. When she’s not writing, you can find Kelly wandering around Paris, whether she’s leading a tour (as a guide, she has been interviewed by BBC World News America and France 24) or simply taking a stroll with her husband and two tiny daughters.
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