To gaze upon the languid work of Korean-born illustrator Jeana Sohn is to step into a surreal world where faceless girls battle with birds in the air, converse with crows in the woods and steal precious eggs in vivid colours of blue and gold.
Jeana paints mythologies and fairytales of her own making inspired by nature in subtle hues onto wood panels, paper and wooden objects. The overall pieces give an impression of suspended energy – a moment of wonder fixed in time. The appeal of Jeana’s work is her ability to mix and perfect an enticing palette of colours and use them in abundance. These mesmerising colours coupled with a childlike but intricate composition of block colour and graphic patterns, form a type of visual not dissimilar to a complex tribal quilt or tapestry…
