This painting is part of the series 'Catalyst'. The series expresses the concept of emotions and feelings as a catalyst to our actions. The series explores the representation of these human emotions through body language and facial expressions unique to them. Colour symbolism, composition and orientation play a big part of how the paintings are preceived and help express the emotions more clearly to the viewer. This particular portrait represents the extreme emotion of rage. The background is a fiery red hue that is often associated with emotions such as anger and rage. The composition is heavily emphasised on the edge of the canvas and the orientation is elongated vertically to represent eventual explosive nature of anger.