Busy Underground

A panoramic cross‚ section reveals a meadow thrumming with life above and below the soil. Tall grasses and pink blossoms sway against a pale sky where birds swoop and fuzzy bees drift between flowers. Closer to the stems, a ladybird ambles and a blue dragonfly hovers like a jeweled helicopter. Beneath the surface an earthy cutaway shows busy burrows: caterpillars and beetles navigate tiny tunnels, stored seeds and scraps stacked like treasures in miniature rooms. The piece invites you to look slowly; every glance discovers another character‚ a shy snail, a buried pebble, a striped grub peeping from a root. Humour bubbles in small details, yet the overall mood is tender, almost documentary, as though the meadow has paused to introduce its residents. By setting sky, stems and soil side by side, the artwork reminds us that a wild patch holds whole neighbourhoods. It s a joyous celebration of ecology at pocket scale, busy, balanced and brilliantly alive.