Medium: acrylic
Surface: canvas
Height: 48 inches
Width: 24 inches

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©2006 Paul Richmond

This painting explores concepts of development. As a child, I struggled with the sense that there was something inherently different about me, something that I knew others would perceive as wrong. Despite my efforts to change or even disguise those attributes which threatened to give away my secret, I discovered them to be overwhelmingly inherent to my being. I believe that sexual orientation has genetic roots, and this painting addresses this belief as well as my youthful struggle to conceal what I perceived to be the darkness within myself.