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Kitty Tail finds beauty in a moment of transition.Like the other works in Layla Skramstad’s series, the painting began w...
09/03/2026

Kitty Tail finds beauty in a moment of transition.

Like the other works in Layla Skramstad’s series, the painting began with flowers given to her by someone she once loved. Rather than preserving the bouquet at its most vibrant, she waited for the flowers to begin to fade, using that transition to reflect on what remains after a relationship has ended.

“I hope my work encourages people to find beauty not only in moments of celebration, but also in endings, transitions, and the traces they leave behind.” — Layla Skramstad

Layla Skramstad
Kitty Tail, 2026
Oil on wood panel
14 × 11 × 0.75 in.
$650

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Rose Requiem transforms a fading bouquet into a visual keepsake.Part of Layla Skramstad’s series exploring lost love, th...
09/02/2026

Rose Requiem transforms a fading bouquet into a visual keepsake.

Part of Layla Skramstad’s series exploring lost love, the painting began with flowers given to her by someone she deeply loved. By capturing them after their peak bloom, Skramstad uses their changing form to hold onto the memory of a relationship while acknowledging its end.

“My paintings are often rooted in memory. I am interested in creating visual keepsakes that preserve experiences, relationships, and places that have shaped me.” — Layla Skramstad

Layla Skramstad
Rose Requiem, 2026
Oil on wood panel
14 × 11 × 0.75 in.
$650

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Cherry Blossom begins with a bouquet once given to Layla Skramstad by someone she deeply loved, but she chose not to cap...
09/01/2026

Cherry Blossom begins with a bouquet once given to Layla Skramstad by someone she deeply loved, but she chose not to capture it at its peak.

Instead, she waited until the flowers began to wilt. That fading bloom became a reflection of the relationship itself and a way to preserve the memory while processing its end.

“Rather than seeing the end of a bloom as something tragic, I see it as another meaningful stage in its life cycle.” — Layla Skramstad

Layla Skramstad
Cherry Blossom, 2026
Oil on wood panel
14 × 11 × 0.75 in.
$650

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Redemption VII looks to the tradition of 17th-century Dutch Vanitas still lifes, where flowers become reminders that bea...
08/31/2026

Redemption VII looks to the tradition of 17th-century Dutch Vanitas still lifes, where flowers become reminders that beauty, like life itself, is temporary.

For Maria Isabel Rodriguez, that impermanence is not simply about loss. Her floral paintings invite us to embrace change and recognize beauty at every stage of becoming. Working intuitively rather than from references, she uses vibrant color, memory, and emotion to build imagined botanical worlds.

“I aim to evoke the essence of life, gentle yet resilient, fragile yet fierce.” — Maria Isabel Rodriguez

Maria Isabel Rodriguez
Redemption VII, 2025
Acrylic on canvas board
16 × 12 × 0.25 in.
$600

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Crocus looks at the flower as something inherently temporary, a form that emerges, transforms, and eventually disappears...
08/30/2026

Crocus looks at the flower as something inherently temporary, a form that emerges, transforms, and eventually disappears.

Andrea Brewster translates digitally generated botanical imagery into Jacquard weaving, bringing together organic forms and constructed systems. Through that exchange, the crocus becomes a reflection on adaptation, impermanence, and the ways something new can emerge through transformation.

“The bloom becomes a site of paradox, holding both abundance and impermanence, ornament and survival.” — Andrea Brewster

Andrea Brewster
Cross Pollination-Crocus, 2025
Jacquard weaving on panel
18 × 14 × 1.5 in.
$425

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

In Magnolias, Andrea Brewster transforms digitally generated floral imagery into a woven, physical object.Through Jacqua...
08/29/2026

In Magnolias, Andrea Brewster transforms digitally generated floral imagery into a woven, physical object.

Through Jacquard weaving, botanical forms move between the natural and artificial, digital and material. The magnolia becomes part of a larger exploration of how images, ideas, and forms change as they move between systems.

“I am particularly interested in moments where boundaries begin to dissolve.” — Andrea Brewster

Andrea Brewster
Cross Pollination-Magnolias, 2025
Jacquard weaving on panel
18 × 14 × 1.5 in.
$425

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Andrea Brewster brings botanical imagery into conversation with technology, translating digitally generated flowers thro...
08/28/2026

Andrea Brewster brings botanical imagery into conversation with technology, translating digitally generated flowers through commercial Jacquard weaving.

The process connects historical textile traditions with contemporary image-making, while the flower becomes a symbol of transformation, resilience, and continual change.

“Growth, whether biological or creative, depends on openness, exchange, and continual reinvention.” — Andrea Brewster

Andrea Brewster
Iris 1, 2025
Jacquard weaving on panel
18 × 14 × 1.5 in.
$425

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

Field of Flowers asks us to look beyond “pretty.”Chelsea Tikotsky builds her floral paintings through layers of paint an...
08/27/2026

Field of Flowers asks us to look beyond “pretty.”

Chelsea Tikotsky builds her floral paintings through layers of paint and palette knife work, creating dense, sculptural surfaces that shift with the light. Flowers become a way to explore femininity, resilience, and the assumption that beauty and depth somehow exist in opposition.

“The problem has never been prettiness itself, but the assumption that prettiness is all there is.” — Chelsea Tikotsky

Chelsea Tikotsky
Field of Flowers, 2024
Oil on canvas
14 × 11 × 0.5 in.
$900

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

08/26/2026

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Full Bloom II sits at the point where observation starts to give way to intuition.Tessa Cotron begins with botanical for...
08/26/2026

Full Bloom II sits at the point where observation starts to give way to intuition.

Tessa Cotron begins with botanical forms found in nature, then uses color, layering, and distortion to push them beyond the familiar. Petals stretch, overlap, and shift into forms that feel simultaneously recognizable and imagined.

“I am interested in the point where careful observation gives way to intuition.” — Tessa Cotron

Tessa Cotron
Full Bloom II, 2023
Oil on canvas
10 × 8 × 1.5 in.
$375

On view in Bloom Theory at Metal Haus Gallery.

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