[PROMOTIONAL SPOTLIGHT]
Artwork featuring florals convey an abundance of beauty through interpretations of the vast colors and textures of our natural world. In this promotional spotlight, our editor worked with the nine galleries featured to display paintings, glass sculpture and photography that represents the variety of this timeless genre. Highlights include blooms meticulously arranged in vases to the angular shapes of desert succulents.
The Adobe Fine ArtRuidoso, NM(575) 257-5795 | theadobefineart.com
The work of Lyuba Titovets offers a distinctive art experience through lyrical, symbolic and whimsical elements blended with humor, native charm and technical skill. According to the gallery, her hope is that her work “will provide viewers with an escape from their worries, inspire positive thoughts or dreams, or at the very least, evoke a smile.” Of her painting HARMONY OF THE EXOTIC WORLD, Titovets writes on her website, “This painting holds a secret message because every object represents a quality. For example, white tulips represent respect; chrysanthemums symbolize loyalty and devoted love, longevity and happiness; grapes represent wealth, abundance, prosperity and fertility. It’s a whole life in front of you.”
Barbara Meikle Fine ArtSanta Fe, NM(505) 992-0400 | meiklefineart.com
New Mexico-based artist Barbara Meikle is a painter of many things—landscapes, animals, flowers, old trucks—and because of that, she says, her primary subject matter is how she uses color. Color, along with texture, sets the mood and energy of her compositions. Meikle adds, “I don’t necessarily fit the colors to the subject but the subjects to the color.” The flowers that appear on her canvases rely on the seasons. She says, “We grow many different kinds, and they are incorporated into my plein air landscapes as well. I think that any time an artist can convey the beauty of the natural world, emphasize the importance of it, with their own style and vision, is a cause for celebration!”
Blue Rain GallerySanta Fe, NM & Durango, CO(505) 954-9902 & (970) 232-2033 | blueraingallery.com
Korean American artist Rimi Yang, who was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, is most widely recognized for her figurative paintings that blend Eastern and Western art influences. In recent years her floral paintings have grown in prominence with collectors who are drawn to the energy and symbolism of the works. “Rendered with bold brushwork and layered textures, each bloom seems to exist in a dreamlike space between reality and imagination,” the gallery notes. “These works celebrate nature’s impermanence while embodying resilience, sensuality and grace, offering viewers an evocative and ever-evolving visual experience.”
Claggett/Rey GalleryEdwards, CO(970) 476-9350 | claggettrey.com
As far back as she can remember, Shirley Novak felt a calling to paint. She studied art in California, where she grew up, and in 1996 moved to Colorado to study at the Art Students League and also with artist Len Chmiel. Her paintings are meant to reflect the joy she experiences in her subjects, which are often the flowers she grows or wildflowers from mountain meadows of her surroundings. She says, “This quote from Joseph Campbell, ‘The function of art is to reveal the radiance running through all things,’ suggests why I have such strong emotional response to our natural world.”
Ian Russell Gallery of Fine ArtPrescott, AZ(928) 445-7009 | ianrussellart.com
Gowing up in Phoenix, Johanna Dozer learned from her parents to value “touching the earth” as a reminder of the tension and balance that exists between self and nature. She began in photography, earning a bachelor’s degree in the field from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She then moved to Connecticut and opened her first studio, but was eventually pulled back to the vastness of the desert where she discovered glassblowing. “She loved the paradox of the medium: the seeming simplicity of glass itself against the complexity of blowing,” the gallery notes. “Today, Johanna believes glass is the embodiment of the elements and complexity that have marked her life since childhood…Designs and patterns found in nature form the core of her vision.”
Jillian Mac Fine ArtNew Orleans, LA(504) 339-8199 | jillianmac.com
Acclaimed fashion photographer David Leslie Anthony has photographed some of the world’s most famous faces including Scarlett Johansson, Britney Spears and Rod Stewart. Beyond his editorial work, Anthony has become recognized for his intimate floral still lifes, which were even showcased in his book Floral-Conceptual. Growing up in France, he helped his mother with her rose garden, which became an early influence for his larger-than-life, black-and-white photos of flowers and botanicals. The gallery explains, “Anthony’s photographs invite us to view them from a different perspective. Gazing into the stillness of a growing plant, seen in extreme close-up, we become one with nature in a deeply personal way.”
Legacy GalleryScottsdale, AZ & Santa Fe, NM(480) 945-1113 & (505) 986-9833 | legacygallery.com
Born in 1985 in Fresno, California, Daniel J. Keys exhibited artistic talent at an early age, which was fostered and encouraged by his parents. At age 11 he began painting with a paint set he purchased with birthday money, and during his teenage years discovered the work of Richard Schmid. The impression Schmid’s art made on Keys was long lasting with the late master becoming his mentor. Keys’s floral works, such as VALENTINE, available through Legacy’s Santa Fe gallery, show the artist’s technical ability but also epitomize beauty, joy and a sense of peace that may also felt by people who view his art.
Maxwell Alexander GalleryPasadena, CA(213) 275-1060 | maxwellalexandergallery.com
Logan Maxwell Hagege has become one of the most influential floral painters in the American Southwest, with his works of hollyhocks sought-after by collectors. The showy blooms, done with a modernist approach, appear as traditional portraits or as a compositional element in his large figurative paintings. “Traveling in the Southwest seeing the hollyhocks growing wildly sparked the initial interest,” says Hagege. “The sculptural quality of these flowers was of aesthetic interest as well.” The artist, who is co-owner of Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Pasadena, California, will present some of his newest floral compositions in a solo show opening August 1 at The Owings Gallery in Santa Fe, including the simple still life UNIFIED.
Wilcox GalleryJackson, WY(307) 733-6450 | wilcoxgallery.com
At just 25 years old, Kyle Ma has forged a prominent fine art career that includes an oeuvre of landscapes, wildlife, cityscapes and florals. His love of art began at an early age after being exposed to the works of the Old Masters at museums and in art books. In 2016, when he was 16 years old, Wilcox Gallery hosted the artist’s first solo exhibition. In July, the gallery opened its fifth exhibition for the artist, aptly titled 25 in 2025. Gallery owner Jeff Wilcox says, “He is gifted at taking subjects that most artists would see as mundane and unpaintable and still produces an aesthetically beautiful and compositionally brilliant painting. And he paints the beautiful scenes and makes them more beautiful.”
This story appeared in the August/September 2025 issue of Southwest Art magazine. Subscribe today to read every issue in its entirety.
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