One of the greatest joys of our work is to be able to share new artists with you. Today, it’s Teis Albers, an artist whose florals feel both dreamlike and vividly alive. His pieces carry a real sense of atmosphere and movement—almost as though the surface holds depths you can almost step into, or lose something in.
As Dinah and Tanya described after their first viewing: it’s almost like being underwater with the petals and leaves, seeming to float within each piece. It’s the sort of effect that immediately makes you want to move closer—because the more you look, the more the work reveals.
What also makes Teis stand out is that he isn’t trying to create “perfect” florals. His focus is on nature’s real character—beauty alongside change, and that in-between moment where something is still blooming, yet already becoming something else.
Introducing Teis
Teis Albers (pronounced Tice, like dice) is a contemporary Dutch artist based in Berlicum, in the south of the Netherlands. His work is rooted in nature and has been shaped by a longing to keep memories alive.
Teis photographs flowers, stems, roots and branches and works on these pieces in his garden studio. There, he develops his compositions through a blend of image-making and hand-built craft, creating floral artwork that manages to feel both timeless and contemporary. These compositions aren’t simply copies of what the eye sees; Teis has interpreted, rebuilt, and layered them until they become something else entirely.
Inspiration: nature, beauty, and transience
Taking inspiration from classical still lifes and contemporary graphic design, Teis’ work certainly isn’t imitation. He isn’t trying to recreate a perfectly arranged bouquet; he’s drawn to what’s real in nature - the almost invisible irregularities, the peculiarities of how things grow and shift, and the process of eventual decay.
That idea of beauty and transience sits at the heart of his approach. Teis’s own words capture it clearly: “I aim not to imitate, but to capture both beauty and transience.” Teis embraces the natural imperfections artists often overlook - the misshapen petals, the stems that bend, the sense of life in motion, always changing.
This is why his florals feel so emotionally resonant rather than purely decorative. There’s a sense of truth in his work: as though you’re not looking at flowers “posed for display,” but at flowers observed—honestly, thoughtfully, and with an awareness of time.
Technique: photography and digital composition, then hand-built depth
Teis begins with his own photography, then uses digital composition to develop the artwork's structure. Drawing on his experience in graphic design, Teis arranges his compositions with intention. Then, moves into a hands-on, layered craft.
He transfers his composed images onto canvas, then works over each piece by hand. The painting process builds depth through layers of paint, texture, and varnish. This physical layering gives his work its luminous quality, making the surfaces feel rich, substantial, and atmospheric rather than flat.
Teis also incorporates an element of expressive mixed media technique, so the final work carries that “worked over” feeling, like nature has been translated into something tactile and multi-layered.
"I aim not to imitate, but to capture both beauty and transience."
The sparkle: embedded highlights, not glitter
One of Teis’s most distinctive signatures is his sparkle highlights. They’re not glitter; they don’t sit on top to add shimmer. Teis creates embedded areas of sparkle, developed within the varnish and paint layers. Because they’re part of the surface, the sparkle feels part of the artwork’s entire atmosphere.
In person, that embedded brilliance changes how you see the piece as you move. Stand nearer. Shift your viewpoint slightly. The highlights seem to come alive, they’re subtle, beautiful, and unarguably engaging - but certainly not loud or flashy. This is the kind of detail that makes you want to look again and again as the artwork rewards your attention.
This is also part of the “underwater” impression people often describe. The combination of layered depth and internal light gives the sensation of petals and leaves suspended within an atmospheric space—floating rather than resting.
Enjoy Teis' work in the gallery
These pieces from Teis Albers are a wonderful addition to The Rose Gallery, bringing something special and rare to floral art: real atmosphere, real texture, and real depth. His paintings aren’t about perfect flowers; they’re about nature as we see it everyday - beautiful and always changing.
We’d love for you to discover Teis in the gallery - up close, with time. If you enjoy artwork that feels layered, immersive, and alive with detail, Teis Albers is a perfect new artist to spend time with. And if you can’t visit the gallery, get in touch and the team would be happy to give you a virtual tour of his pieces.
