Description
This painting is rich with symbolism and allegory. At the top left of the painting is the angel Uriel, the angel who guarded the Garden of Eden. Uriel is looking down with displeasure at the Castrocreepers who are beating Matthew Shepherd to death. The beating of Matthew Shepherd in the painting symbolizes the beating down by Castrocreepersociety of all those lower and middle class gays who are similarly situated as Matthew Shepherd.
