

Photo · About Francis
It was supposed to be a job

You look through the fence, like someone who does not belong. The sun rises behind the bushes, and at the bottom of the frame, behind the wire, lies the wall full of flowers. This is how you see the work here: from the outside, as if you were coming across it for the first time.
"It was supposed to be a job": that is the title of the story on his old website that goes with this photo. For the Love of God, his mural around the sports court at Landhuis Rondeklip, Curaçao, began as a commission. Somewhere along the way it became something else. "It chose me, honestly," he also wrote, "one of the most meaningful works I've ever created."
The photo is from 10 February 2025, just after seven in the morning. From commission to creation to offering: that is what he called the story on his old website.
"It was supposed to be a job." Francis Sling's For the Love of God began as a commission and became an offering.
The story of the wall