Study of Two Pages
Keith Stanley Sculptural Botanical Design
2024 installation
The Inspiration
Painting, Study of Two Pages (Great Stairs)
The Flowers
Florist’s inspiration: The forms inspire a correlating sculptural form design. It’s exploration of the feeling of the painting.
Recipe: Anthurium, bamboo, orchids, vines, bromeliad
THE DESIGNER
Keith Stanley Sculptural Botanical Design
Keith Stanley is a Washington, DC floral designer and educator, and a resident of Capitol Hill. For 39 years he has worked in retail and special event floristry, also doing demonstrations and workshops.
Currently Keith is a Teaching Coach for the European Master Certification program (a floral design school based in Bruges, Belgium), from which he graduated in 2016. He earned the International Master Florist accreditation from Gregor Lersch at Boerma Institute in March 2022. In addition he is a certified teacher for the Sogetsu School of Ikebana.
Structural botanical design is Keith’s passion, and recently has created large scale works for the 2022 Floralien in Ghent, Belgium and Hoogstraten Groeten and Blomen in Hoogstraten, Belgium.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Aimee Custis Photography
Aimee Custis is a wedding & portrait photographer based in Washington DC. Her rich, luminous, and emotive style draws artistic inspiration from classical painters, street photography, and storytelling.
Her inclusive, client-centric approach to wedding photography is informed heavily by a background in hospitality, nonprofit events planning, and even college summers as a camp counselor.
Aimee's wedding work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Washingtonian Weddings. Her non-wedding clients include non-profits, hotels, and elected officials.
Aimee (she/they) lives in a rowhouse in Washington DC’s U Street corridor with her husband Greg and golden retriever Whiskey.
