{
  "id": 9612776,
  "title": "Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital Illustrations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/fantastic-plants-spring-from-taehyoung-maria-jeons-digital",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T19:02:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colossal",
    "slug": "colossal",
    "url": "https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/taehyoung-maria-jeon-folium-botanical-illustration-book/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korean artist Taehyoung Maria Jeon's digital illustrations bring to life an imaginative series of fantastical plants. The artist breaks from convention, exploring plants from a unique viewpoint and expressing them in her own distinctive manner. Jeon acknowledges that having rules and guidelines is crucial in allowing her the creative freedom to experiment with plant shapes, a concept she finds ironic.\n\nJeon, originally trained as a printmaker, utilizes digital methods to re-envision her plant subjects cohabitating in her apartment. She begins with leaves and stems, then ventures into more surreal territory. The plant illustrations are adorned with purple veins, red outlines, and a scattering of stars, lending them an otherworldly quality. The vivid color palette amplifies their sense of the uncanny.\n\nTitled Plant Series, the project began as a personal challenge to fill a square canvas with plants, meticulously playing with shapes and composition to fit as many elements as possible within the confined space. As the series progresses, the drawings evolve, and subtle nuances shift, but the project's essence remains rooted in composition, balance, color, and shape. Ultimately, Jeon hopes to convey positive vibes through her work.\n\nThe Plant Series consists of numerous illustrations compiled in Jeon's first monograph, Folium, published by Volume. Volume operates like Kickstarter, allowing readers to back the project before it is printed. Readers can reserve their copy through Volume's website, and additional work by the artist can be found on their Instagram profile.",
  "summary": "Taehyoung Maria Jeon reimagines the plants cohabitating in her apartment, beginning with leaves and stems before venturing into surreal terrain. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital Illustrations appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [
    "South Korean artist Taehyoung Maria Jeon creates digital plant illustrations.",
    "Artist experiments with plant shapes within apartment setting.",
    "\"Plant Series\" monograph published in Folium by Volume."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}