Post #295939 by GROG on Sat, Mar 31, 2007 11:40 AM

what is the story behind this current piece?
You're all "Bush Administration" with the info!
Give it up!
Tell us a story Uncle Brad! :)

This is a "religious painting" commissioned by GROG. It is entitled "The Creation of Mankind". The Tiki represents the first man. He is pointing his thumbs up to heaven to represent his relationship with God. It is an homage to Michaelangelo's painting with Adam and God touching fingers. The little tiki under his chin represents the soul of man. The hut with the warm glow is heaven. Man has left heaven on his journey to discover the new world around him, but he can return to the warm glow of the hut/heaven should he decide. The ship represents the journey through life man takes before he finally returns to heaven. The fire is a symbol of discovery. The sun over the water is both the rising and the setting of the sun. It represents the new day and the beginning of life, or if it is setting, it is the end of day and the end of life and man's journey on earth.The tropical setting is paradise which has been created by God for man to live in. This painting is about the creation of man, so he has not yet been kicked out of paradise and so he is still smiling.Those scenes will be in the follow up paintings. This is the first of six paintings.

The golden warm glow of home/heaven. The golden light emanating from the hut/heaven is love.

The dog and the bone are symbols of man's struggle of life and death, and good versus evil.

[ Edited by: GROG 2007-03-31 12:40 ]