Yukiko's Bouquets to Art




Original designs installed at de young museum

san francisco, 2002 to present



In Willard L. Metcalf's 1913 painting, The Winter's Festival, green and russet colors underlay the landscape.

In Yukiko's bouquet, budding pussy willows overlay blowing snow above the white blanket of lilies. Russets of cymbidium sprigs and pussy willow branches harmonize greens of calla lilies and kale leaves. 2009



Joshua Johnson, African American painter (1763-1824), portrait of Letitia Grace McCurdy.

Bouquet flowers include deep red leucadendron "safari sunset," shades of white, lisianthus, asiatic lily, others. Shape and colors in Yukiko's floral design reflect vibrant themes in Johnson's art. 2006



Bouquet to Art (BTA) Louis XIV Antechamber with gilt wood and mirror, European Decorative Art.

Installed by Yukiko at Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2005.



Yukiko exhibits her floral designs
in SF Museums' Bouquets to Art (BTA), annually since 2002



Her new design will be on display June 7-12 in deYoung gallery 3.

Previous installations appear here. Of course, covid interrupted last year's event,
and the North Korean "wanna cry" virus destroyed her image files.
We retrieved duplicates on the internet. Here they are.





Closer view of French Room floral arrangement.

Tap on images to see more detail.



Robert Henry (1865-1929) "Lady in Black with Spanish Scarf," 1910. The painter put it all in the scarf, bouquet's design follows his eye with white phalaenopsis, dramatic sweep.



Anthony Van Dyck "Marie-Claire de Croy with her son Phillip-Eugenie" 1634 -- flourishing bouquet simulates the artist's bold, richly coloured court portrait.



Envoi to Bouquets to Art 2002.

Porcelain Room, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.

Bouquet installed on site.





Ikebana 2003





Bouquets to Art 2007.

Limestone stela with Ix Muhaianon from southern Mexico Guatemala region



Closer view of stela Bouquet, tap on image to see more detail.​



Chihuly's Green Leaf Venetian (blown glass) de Young Museum. At left is Yukiko's Bouquet, 2017





Closer view of Yukiko's bouquet to Chihuly's Green Leaf Venetian.



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2018



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2018



Chihuly's Ultramarine Stem Form with Orange (blown 1988). Foreground Bouquet to Art by Yukiko 2016.





Hapatong Delight installed at de Young Museum 2021--

2nd Look




Studio mock-up for storage jar at right



As installed at de Young Museum San Francisco 2015.



Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878-1955, "Wave" 1952. Yukiko's Bouquet to Art (BTA) 2019.





Yukiko's Bouquet to Arts installed in alcove overlooking main staircase, de Young, 2016



Shrine figure 2010




Chiura Obata (1885-1975) "Mother Earth" 1912, sensitivity toward nature to reconnect with the earth

​Bouquet in the redwood grove, 2014

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Sopratutto, 2012




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Yukiko's Floral Design Studio, Kentfield, California 94904

Original Arrangements Delivered in Marin as They Are Finished

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