The Poetry and Art of Michal (Mitak) Mahgerefteh
Original India ink paintings & Memoir in Verse
"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."
— Gautama Buddha
Atmospheric Blooms
Original Photography, Digitally Transformed
The Atmospheric Bloom series grew from my fascination with flowers encountered in botanical gardens and during travels around the world. Beginning with my own photography, I transform each image through digital manipulation and a mixed-media sensibility, allowing the flower to drift beyond representation into an atmosphere of color, light, and movement. Suspended between realism and abstraction, the blooms become luminous, fragile, and ever changing.
Fleeting Blooms Series
Fleeting Blooms emerged from quiet meditation sessions at sunset, when light softens, colors deepen, and the boundaries between earth and sky begin to dissolve. In those brief moments, flowers appeared to me not as fixed forms, but as movement, energy, and memory, connected to the vast rhythms of the cosmos. Their shapes began to echo distant galaxies, drifting light, and unseen forces, suggesting a world in which every bloom is part of something larger, mysterious, and constantly changing.
Fragments in Bloom Series
Reclaimed Paper Collages of Color, Texture, and Renewal
A collection of one-of-a-kind ACEO art cards, each measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Created with layered collage, recycled papers, ink, paint, and mixed media, these miniature works of art are designed for collecting, gifting, or displaying in a small frame. Each piece is a tiny original with its own character, texture, and story.