As you can see the painting consists of a "Torso" with arms
resting on a "Book" of "Blank" pages, with the "Flag" of
St. Andrew to its right.
Obviously there is no head, but there is a face in the torso the "Nipples" depict the "Eyes" and the corner of the chest muscle becomes the "Nose" while the "Mouth" is formed from the upper stomach "Muscle".
Leading from left to right runs a "Thorny Tendril" loosely entwining the "Torso".
I painted the scene to suggest to the viewer an atmosphere of being pious, religious intent, godlike and so on.
The "Open Book" refers to the "Bible" of course, in the above scenario, but in reality it's just a book of blank pages resting beneath a torso.
The blank pages represent the unwritten "Future", our future !
The colours are earthy, Browns, Blues, Greens and White.
Blue, for Darwin's theory of Evolution, water the life giver.
Shades of Green, for nature, food chain, the seasons, naiveté.
White, for good, Godliness, virginal, pure, snow, Caucasian.
Browns, for autumnal, scorched earth, dark skin, rust and decay.
Use and make up your own minds as to what you see, just enjoy the painting as a painting !
Progress in human terms means trying to climb the hill, and, once at the top, looking around for higher hills that can lead to even greater achievements. How far we look will determine the extent of the possibilities open to us. Peering too closely at our own hill we can miss the wider options. This relates to prejudice, an unwillingness to go beyond the local and the familiar. In Christ's day, the Jewish world was closed in this manner, barriers between peoples were erected. The teachings of Jesus tried to break down those barriers and open up society to all peoples.
Today, when we look around, we see those same barriers, the same short-sightedness.
It's a lesson Mankind has yet to learn...