Getting Through the Ugly

Nobody talks about the cocoon part.

The transformation we celebrate — the wings, the color, the flight — only happens after something hard and dark and disorienting. Getting Through the Ugly is a collection of eight original paintings that honors exactly that: the messy middle, the struggle, and the stunning creature that emerges on the other side.

Each butterfly is bold, a little wild, and entirely its own. Just like you after everything you've been through.

These paintings are for the ones who know that beauty isn't handed to you — it's earned, one hard day at a time. Hang one on your wall as a reminder: you're still becoming.

Original acrylic paintings on 5×5 birch wood blocks by Lori Friedrichs. Email subscribers get 15% off — sign up to receive your code.