Laocoon was a Trojan priest who was suspicious of the Trojan Horse and warned his fellow citizens that it was a trap. The gods, angry at him for interference, sent serpents to kill him and his two sons. In my painting I imagine he had a daughter who looked on as her father and brothers were consumed by the irrationality of the gods. This painting features the beginning of the deconstructed backgrounds that would come to symbolize the deterioration of the picture plane. Blue and red also act as an underlying metaphor of duality.