Falling Man

INTERIOR PAINTING. OIL ON PANEL 36″ x 24″.

This painting came to be relatively quickly for an ‘interior painting’. I painted it while I was constructing a ladder out of concrete in my backyard, which almost broke my back. I later painted that concrete ladder (with bright latex stripes!), and while I was doing that during the day, I was painting this image in the evenings. Some people have called me a symbolist but I dont really think they’re right, tho they might be slightly right. I remember I was reading a book on Egyptian mythology at the tyme (note top of ladder). People falling have always entranced me.