About It Was Here

The painting titled The Meat Boy, depicts a surreal and unsettling landscape. A pale, grayish background sets a somber tone, while the foreground is covered in a mix of green and yellow grass, creating a contrast with the muted sky.

In the middle distance stands a wooden house. In front of the house lies a large, grotesque pile of meat, dominating the composition. At this mound of flesh sits a man, sprawled out as if lounging on a peculiar throne.

In the foreground, a boy walks through the grass, heading towards either the house or the meat pile. He carries a piece of meat in his hand, which adds to the painting’s unsettling atmosphere. The boy’s small figure against the vast landscape and the meat pile creates a striking visual contrast.

This painting juxtaposes the ordinary with the extraordinary. The title ”The Meat Boy” refers to the child in the foreground, carrying a piece of meat, which ties the various elements of the composition together in a disturbing narrative.

The overall effect is one of discomfort and intrigue, inviting viewers to question the relationship between the characters and the surreal elements in the scene. The painting challenges our perceptions of normalcy and forces us to confront unusual and potentially disturbing imagery in an otherwise serene landscape setting.

90 cm x 65 cm
Created 2015.
Acrylic on canvas.