Jonathan Anderson, Ology, 2006–9, oil on canvas, 60 × 45 and 18 × 13 in.

This painting depicts the sealed doorway (topped by statues of Hephaestus and Hermes) of a defunct organization undergoing renovation. I first made the painting at a large scale, using a stencil of the English alphabet to seal the door. I then made the same painting at a small scale (and on a different colored ground), using the same stencil to seal the door.