Martin King 'Between Heaven and Earth' minimalist and evocative narrative

and evocative narrative

Roughly rendered against a saturated backdrop

Image Size: 75 x 130 cm

The results are steeped in wonder

two serene faces look towards an unseen future and past

Martin King 'Between Heaven and Earth' minimalist and evocative narrativeBirds recur throughout Martin Kings practice, crossing the domains of nature sky, land and sea. In Between Heaven and Earth, it meets demise, pigment dripping like tears from its wings. Pinned in open space, Kings bird is suspended between life and death, at once divine in its ability to fly and endangered, as many species of Australian birds are. What does it mean to deny flight from a bird? King is recognised as one of Australias foremost