G101A The Execution of King Charles I
Oil on canvas board
Dec 2006 to May 2007, 386x285 mm
G101A The Execution of King Charles I
Oil on canvas board Dec 2006 to May 2007, 386x285 mm |
About this painting
This was based on a subconsciously sketched note about the execution of King Charles I of England. The monarch, and therefore commander, of the royalist forces in the English civil wars, Charles I was executed in January 1649, under the banner of democracy, by English parliamentary forces. Four years later Oliver Cromwell dissolved parliament and became Lord Protector until his death in 1658.
A wave, like a hand, washes over a sinking skull. The transparent water above the horizon reveals a vivid red sunset, fading rapidly to darkness almost like the interior of a cave. Painted in one stroke into a wet background, the long curling hair of Charles I falls from the back of the wave, with his distinctive beard and moustache before it. The blue water in the foreground looks like cloth, the draped flag of democracy perhaps. |
The Execution of King Charles I (Original)
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