The Climb

The Climb depicts the idea of gravity applied to the spirit.  In it, a figure climbs to some unknown, yet completely knowable, reach outside the frame of the painting, while a crowd gathers to gawk, cheer, invoke and perhaps even rebuke. The person on the ladder is the individual who must risk to transcend; in aspiring to manifest his dreams, she or he must use other means to achieve her/his goals and move into a realm only knowable by the seeker. While her/his passion and vision may excite some, it can also cause fear in others, who prefer the known, navigable world of the mundane, which is built upon conformity and so-called reality. In the end, The Climb represents an escape from our own gravity, the forces that want to yoke us to a conventional, compliant existence.  In it, the spirit aspires ever upward into alternate realms of possibility.