Mourning A King

Medium:  Oil

Size:  18x24

This original hand painting of the famous Moneta Sleet photography of Coretta Scott King and her daughter Bernice is a homage to Dr Martin Luther King Jr.  The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr on April 4, 1968, dashed the hopes a family, of black Americans for the commitment of white America to racial equality. This iconic picture now an iconic painting is part of my collection of the Life of Martin Luther King.