Send Flowers takes the postcard as its medium. A postcard, often overlooked as ephemera, becomes a centerpiece in the language of care and human relationship. This exhibition asks the viewers to notice visual language in their day to day—the billboard we pass by, or the digital consumption of art on our personal devices. Art surrounds us—let’s slow down and smell the flowers.
Mailable postcards fill the gallery walls with an illustrated garden, each adorned with unique, hand-designed flowers, inviting viewers to pause, pluck their floral of choice, write a note on the back, and mail it off, sending a little piece of the exhibition to someone they love—all from within the gallery. The gesture recalls the universal symbolism of flowers and the lost art of hand-written mail. Transforming a small act of connection into a lasting, collaborative art experience.
About the Artists
Cody Paulson
From Minnesota’s Iron Range, Cody Paulson is a local artist, designer, and Co-Director of Graphic Science. His professional background includes work as a printing press operator, community newspaper designer, and design director at Swim Creative. He later served as Senior Designer at Malley Design in Minneapolis before returning to Duluth to co-found Graphic Science in spring 2020.
Paulson also started Port City Supply, a project focused on documenting Duluth’s architectural and industrial heritage. This work renewed his interest in fine art and deepened his focus on formal visual qualities. He went on to create large-scale acrylic paintings, working outside the constraints of commercial design. These works have been exhibited in galleries and shops throughout the Duluth area.
Stephen Pestalozzi
Stephen Pestalozzi is an artist, designer, and Co-Director of Graphic Science. Pestalozzi describes himself as a “townie at heart,” growing up in Duluth, MN. His earliest expressions emerged through the Minnesota skateboard community, where he contributed to short films, graphics, zines, and experimental art projects. Street photography became a way to document and celebrate mundane details and across daily life.
He studied graphic design at the University of Minnesota Duluth and went on to work as a designer for Northern Waters Smokehaus, Creative Arcade, and later co-founded Graphic Science to explore how experimental art, brand strategy, and identity systems can intersect—each informing the other to create culturally resonant work for local businesses and organizations.