The flowers in this painting anthropomorphise in my perception and appear as faces. They look startled, scared, fearful, helpless, powerless, bound. Some of their mouths form an 'o' as they express these feelings. Some seem brash, brutish, spoilt, with bulging eyes, giggling, stupid and silly. This makes me think of the famous painting by Hieronymus Bosch, 'The garden of earthly delights' (1490-1510). Little creatures with big eyes and teeth giggle, laughing at me as if to say, 'What are you looking for? Did you think you would find it here?', the o's of their mouths now in mocking awe.