I wanted to wait to see what you & other people had to say about this piece before I commented & even though I have read them I come up with the same impression.
This is Disney...a fairy tale about a young woman who wanted to be loved by a hero ( a man above all the others) so set herself up to be sought after & waited around for those men who were beneath there to make themselves strong & rise up to her level (of stasis, beauty, success etc ) & be worthy of her & her love.
But for whatever reason none did.
Maybe they wanted someone a little more low maintenance that wouldn't make them feel insecure .
She will have a very long lonely wait at the top...

This reminds me one russian cartoon about little boy with wings: he wants to fly but his teachers "kill" his by their prohibitions... It's difficult to be not like everyone. This is my strange assotiations with this painting.

This has so many meanings, I'm in academia now and I know what this means to me ... nice work on it

Hey, this is very nice, but I was expecting to see George W. Bush at the top!

I like it