Long Live The King.
Ink on Daler Rowney Heavyweight Paper (220 GSM)
210'mm by 297'mm
"Long Live the King" was illustrated from the original French phrase "Le roi est mort, vive le roi !" translated to, "The King is dead, long live The King!" A traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch.
Though the illustration seeks to depict the End of the a ruler. The ushering of a new era, achievable through the death of a the ruler. The heavy contrast of pen strokes and crosshatchings along the the ink splatters create the sense of deathly embrace, while the white spaces adds a feeling of purity, in being free.
