Lotus Eyes Looking at You

This painting was born of a visit to a newly opened local lotus garden.

While most of us are familiar with the stunning and symbolic lotus flower and the sculptural woody seedpods, there’s a funky stage in between that is truly other worldly. 

Only someone growing lotus would witness these because their carnival colours and live looking eyes are short lived. Once the pods bow their heads and release their seeds into water to sink to the mud below, they quickly become brown woody vessels.

On leaving the lotus garden, I was gifted several lotus seed pods each at a different stage of maturity - including a tiny-mighty yellow-eyed pink pod born of a pink bloom. These multi-eyed curiosities had me smitten and the next day I started painting.

I rarely paint anything in its literal colours…but these seed pods say it best just as they are. I've included a couple of real life photos here to show what I mean. 

The painting is in acrylic paints and lightfast acrylic inks and is mat varnished for UV protection. 

610mm x 455mm with painted edges 35mm deep. Ready to hang.