Flowers for New York: A Tribute to New York in Stained Glass and Canvas was an exhibition produced by Brian Clarke in collaboration with Steuben Gallery and conceived after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001. In 2002, Clarke said:

‘After September 11th, along with most of the rest of the world, I was lost in a confusion of sadness that followed the attack on New York. I was unable to offer real tangible help to the city I have both loved and intermittently lived in since 1974. I found myself sending flowers to New York friends, an involuntary desire to make contact. It occurred to me that if for a while I dropped everything I might, with the collaboration of Steuben, be able send a few flowers to New York itself, gently and without fuss; as one might to a much loved friend who has been suffering. These are my flowers. They come from the heart. They go, I hope, to the heart, without any desire other than to show a shared affection for a people and a city for whom I feel so much goodwill.’