In 2018 we did a self-drive trip in Namibia and Botswana. Early one morning I sat quietly by the hole of a Meerkat home and gradually, one-by-one, the meerkats began to emerge. On Watch captures the delight I felt watching their sentinel behaviour as they communicated to each other.

This painting has special meaning to me, as it also represents me and my two painting buddies.

Did you know teenage meerkats stay behind to babysit the younger pups?