Flora, Unbound consists of works that depict plants in a variety of mediums; including found metal, rebar, glass beads, and acrylic paint.

Using metal, beads, and paint, I create floral-inspired pieces that exist somewhere between nature and imagination. Some may hint at a familiar bloom or leaf, while others grow into entirely invented forms.

I enjoy working with materials that aren’t traditionally associated with flowers. Metal provides structure, beads add color, texture, and sparkle, and paint allows me to build organic shapes that twist, bloom, and evolve in unexpected ways. The process often feels less like recreating nature and more like collaborating with it—following a line, shape, or color until it becomes something new.

Rather than aiming for realism, I am interested in capturing a feeling: the exuberance of a garden, the movement of petals in the wind, or the joy found in unexpected combinations of color and form. My pieces celebrate the playful side of nature and invite viewers to find their own flowers, landscapes, and stories within the work.

Through layering, assembling, and experimentation, I create imagined botanicals that blur the line between sculpture, ornament, and abstraction. They are rooted in the natural world, but free to grow wherever curiosity leads.

Rebecca Austin