Set against a muted sage-green background, the slender stem of a seedling is pinched between a monumentally enlarged thumb and forefinger. Its delicate roots are suspended in mid-air above two terracotta pots. Root demonstrates Kręcicki's command of scale as a compositional and conceptual tool. The subject reflects Kręcicki's engagement with painters who have represented plants in domestic settings, both the historical genre of vanitas still-lifes and more specifically twentieth century and modern depictions as metaphors or symbolic representations.