A Kingly Beast, 2021

9" x 12" Watercolor on Paper; unframed

In A Kingly Beast, sovereignty is rendered as endurance rather than dominance. The creature lies heavy and weathered, fused with the land it rules, its authority implied through age and stillness instead of violence. Cracked stone-flesh and rooted posture suggest a ruler who has outlasted ambition, becoming monument rather than actor. The painting offers a vision of power stripped of spectacle, where kingship is indistinguishable from burden and survival itself.

Daily Painting #112. April 28, 2021.