Keith Stanley Designs, EMC - Isabel Anderson (with parrot) (painting)

Inspiration Description:

Keith Stanley approaches flower arranging like making a piece of art. A painter approaches a canvas choosing the colors, textures and spatial relationships, even the mood to tell a story. All the elements within this painting guide his design interpreting the dramatic portrait of Mrs. Anderson in her diaphanous shawl and gown.  Years of studying formal Japanese Ikebana and European Floral Design have given him exciting ways to see the world around us and to be innovative using floral materials and many other unconventional things in his work. 

 Art Description:

Description: Oil painting of Isabel with macaw

Title: Portrait of Isabel Anderson

Artist/Creator: DeWitt M. Lockman

Date of Creation: ca. 1920

Location: second floor, English Drawing Room

New York City painter DeWitt M. Lockman captured a mature and confident Isabel Anderson in this full-length portrait, painted when she was in her mid-forties. Wearing a fashionable evening dress and large sapphire pendant, she shares the composition with her pet parrot, Anna. On loan from the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Keith Stanley Designs EMC, Keith Stanley Bio:

Keith Stanley is a Washington,DC freelance floral designer.

He studied with renowned floral designers Tomas De Bruyne and Hitomi Gilliam and earned a European Masters Certification in Floral Design from the EMC program in 2016 in Bruges, Belgium.

He has studied with many international floral designers including Gregor Lersch, Pim Van Den Akker, Els Hazenberg, and Pirjo Koppi.

He also holds a Teacher’s Diploma 3rd Grade (Sankyu Shihan) from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in Toyko, Japan. Currently he is a teaching assistant with the European Masters Certification Program.

Website: http://keithstanley.com/

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