Oviedo Lights by Carl Knickerbocker

Carl Knickerbocker. Detail of Oviedo Lights, 2000. Acrylic on canvas. 48 ½ x 48 ½ in. Courtesy of the Museum of Art-DeLand.

A winding river flows bisects yellow grassy lands, bisecting a long, empty road. Larger-than-life figures lurk across the landscape and in a purple skyline. In the middle of the painting, we note a cow in profile, and near the edges of the river, two teal alligators along with two pink flowers. In the bottom right corner of the painting, a furry and angry purple Big Foot turns towards three palm trees. In the distance, the starry night sky features a luminescent white crescent moon, facing constellations, and and an eye watching over the land. A man-headed lizard crosses between the sky and the land, as if crawling on top of the painting.