The Poetry and Art of Michal (Mitak) Mahgerefteh
Alexandria | Norfolk, Virginia
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Art by Michal Mitak
I’m so glad you’re here. Through layered color, hand-embellished details, and expressive works in Indian ink, I invite you to experience the beauty of what is fleeting and the quiet joy found in creative abundance. My poetry books, written as memoir in verse, share the same themes of memory, transformation, and resilience. Each painting and poem is a celebration of nature, emotion, and the stories we carry as they shift, bloom, and fade.
The Leaf Motif Series
The Leaf Motif Series is the center of my artistic practice, shaped by my daily walks and bike rides through the fall landscape. Working with Indian ink on 100 percent recycled paper, I paint the textures I encounter outdoors: drifting leaves, bare branches, soft shadows, and the quiet transformation of the season. Each piece echoes the rhythm of nature moving through change, loss, and renewal.
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Blooming in Otherworldly Light
As a companion to The Leaf Motif, this series explores a more ethereal realm where flowers drift through the vast quiet of the cosmos, their petals shimmering like fragments of starlight. Each hand-embellished print is a one-of-a-kind moment of beauty, touched by watercolor and ink, where color and memory entwine before fading into light.