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"This arrangement is a statement about my creative process. Those who know me well know that I am rather distractible and am always in the middle of several projects. The mosaic piece has been sitting on my patio for over a year. I see it every day and it drives me crazy! I chose to mimic the mosaic with the fresh design. Unfortunately, as usual, it’s not quite done."

Work in Progress by Kathy Freeman Hastings
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Kathy Freeman-Hastings is a Fine Arts Graduate of Portland State University and an instructor of Basic Floral Design and Advanced Floral Design at Floral Design Institute. An outstanding floral designer, Kathy has had the good fortune to apprentice with several of the top floral designers in the world. She has a passion for gardening, and is known for her dramatic, stylized, and organic floral designs. Kathy's students benefit from her artistic and professional perspective on floral design and love her cheerful classroom manner. In addition to teaching, Kathy has worked as a designer for Portland Flower Co., City Flowers and Richard Calhoun’s Old Town Florist in Portland.

This was the second time that Kathy's work has been accepted for the Floral Design as Art Exhibition.