King of the Black Sheep
This work is a declaration, not an apology.
The black sheep stands crowned—not despite rejection, but because of it.
Rendered in oil pastels, the rawness of the medium mirrors instinct and defiance: marks that resist perfection, colours that refuse to be quiet. The repeated ram imagery speaks to endurance, multiplicity, and the weight of expectation—strength misunderstood as threat. These figures are not docile; they are watchful, scarred, and sovereign.
Gold leaf crowns the central form, a deliberate contradiction. What is cast out is often what holds the most value. The gold does not soften the subject—it sanctifies it. It honours survival, difference, and the power reclaimed by those who were never meant to belong.
This piece reframes the black sheep as ruler:
not lonely, but self-anointed.
Not broken, but untamed.
A king forged outside the flock.