Original artwork by Michelle Podgorski
2026
Mixed media
Through floral imagery, the artist explores grief, identity, and the complicated process of becoming someone new. Flowers become metaphors for a self in transition—mourning what has been lost while making space for desire, femininity, agency, and a more fully realized sense of self.
Drawing on the rhythms of the natural world, the paintings embrace the tension between vulnerability and survival. Beauty exists alongside damage, regret alongside possibility, and loss alongside the persistent desire to grow. Rather than presenting transformation as effortless, the work acknowledges the uncertainty and courage required to move beyond an earlier version of oneself. These floral forms become intimate portraits of change, capturing the fragile but insistent spark of life that remains even in periods of profound transition.
Original artwork by Michelle Podgorski
2026
Mixed media
Through floral imagery, the artist explores grief, identity, and the complicated process of becoming someone new. Flowers become metaphors for a self in transition—mourning what has been lost while making space for desire, femininity, agency, and a more fully realized sense of self.
Drawing on the rhythms of the natural world, the paintings embrace the tension between vulnerability and survival. Beauty exists alongside damage, regret alongside possibility, and loss alongside the persistent desire to grow. Rather than presenting transformation as effortless, the work acknowledges the uncertainty and courage required to move beyond an earlier version of oneself. These floral forms become intimate portraits of change, capturing the fragile but insistent spark of life that remains even in periods of profound transition.
