Watching Painting by Keith Pointing

Painting: Oil on Canvas.

The landscape is dominated by a flower with huge petals which look like tentacles of an octopus flailing underwater. In the middle of the flower, the stamen and carpel have formed into a huge eye which is studying us. Elsewhere the imagery suggests we are on firm land. Also watching us are two insects. In the foreground other staticflowers and plants are unaffected by any gusts of wind or currents of water. They are lit by a pinkish glow perhaps denoting sunrise or sunset, yet the flat sandy horizon of this primeval landscape is far off in the distance.