I WANTED JUNE'S arrangement to have a cooling effect—to mentally prepare me for the oppressive summer heat to come. Searching for inspiration, I recalled a favorite series of paintings done by ...

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Henri Matisse said. Even in this newspaper — just glue a skewer between two pieces of colored or painted newspaper and snip it into ...

In this case, Matisse cut shapes in green, blue, and purple to represent the leaves and berries of an ivy plant, ... "Ivy in Flower" is on display at the Dallas Museum of Art through December 11.