THIS IS COLOSSAL
Homegrown Botanics Collaged into Conflict-Ridden Figures by Artist Meggan Joy
by Grace Ebert, May 11, 2020
For Meggan Joy to begin creating her flowery assemblages, she first has to plant the seeds. The Seattle-based artist cultivates a plot in a community garden throughout the summer months, tending to each fern and vibrant petal. Once her patch is in full bloom, she captures thousands of individual photographs of her rooted plants before combining them into allegorical digital collages of the female body. Birds, butterflies, and other visitors to her garden make an appearance, as well.