Without the figure what would this painting be? An abstract painting where people would bring their own sense of scale….landscape or postage stamp? It doesn’t have many brush strokes the colors were added and allowed to act accord to the laws of material science and physics. Adding a figure, for better or worse, encourages the viewer to see the color explosions as large compared to a meager human body.

The philosophy of a painting like this is framed by a man in an environment that is beautiful, mysterious, and uncontrollable.