Decay

"Decay"
Oil on Canvas
2014


This image is for my painting final.  The concept is that of needing to live symbiotically with our surroundings, otherwise we will inevitably self destruct and harm others in the process.  It could relate to the environment, or be much broader.  I'll let you decide  

Visually speaking, I imagine a whole heard of these deer creatures playing host to healthy city-like growths.  At a certain point the growths take over and the relationship stops being one of balance and turns to that of a parasitic relationship.  Maybe the growths can survive on their own for a certain time after the death of the deer, but at a certain point they too will whither and die away without the deer as a host organism.