What Watched Over Me - Painting

Description

A deep indigo field holds a large, eroded circular form suspended above a faint horizontal band.
The circle is dark, softened, and embedded in the surface.
Below it rests a small muted gold dot, grounded and still.

Explanation

This work explores the feeling of being seen - not by a person, but by something larger, older, and quieter.

The circular form does not act.
It does not intervene.
It simply remains.

The small gold dot stands beneath it, acknowledging scale without fear.

This is not a painting about protection.
It is a painting about continuity.

Origins / History

Across African cosmologies, circular forms often signify:

• ancestry
• cycles
• guardianship
• the continuity of time

These forms are not symbolic objects - they are presences.

The abstraction of the circle and horizon follows European modernist reduction, while the emotional interpretation - being held within something vast - resonates deeply with contemporary American reflection on belonging, lineage, and meaning.

Story / Opening

The artwork does not name what was watching.

For some, it will feel like ancestry.
For others, fate.
For others, memory.
For others, time itself.

The work offers no answer - only a relationship.

Dimensions:

48 × 72 inches (framed)
This piece should feel like a presence that welcomes rather than confronts.

Interpretation / Viewer Invitation

This work does not depict protection in action.
It depicts presence without interference.

The dark circle does not move closer.
It does not glow or intervene.
It remains - steady, ancient, and attentive.

Below it, the small golden mark exists in full awareness of scale.
Not diminished.
Not defiant.
Simply present.

For some viewers, the circle will feel like ancestry.
For others, time itself.
For others, the quiet sense that something larger was there during moments when no one else was.

This piece does not promise safety.
It acknowledges continuity.

Stand before it long enough and notice where you place yourself -
under the circle, beside the horizon, or within the silence between them.

It asks quietly:

What do you believe has been watching over you all along?

What's Included

• Framed, archival-quality fine art print
• Title printed beneath the artwork in elegant serif
• Certificate of Authenticity
• Collector’s companion card (with artist statement + story)
• Ready-to-hang with gallery hardware
• Optional: Limited Edition Collector Number (if chosen)