2024, Oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm
The original painting is sold, private collection.
Limited edition prints & artist proofs are available.
In 'Kingdom,'Joel Rea relocates the grand tradition of allegorical painting into the architecture of the contemporary metropolis, constructing a scene in which spectacle, power, and vulnerability coexist within the ordinary rhythm of urban life. The monumental lion emerging through the city streets functions neither as fantasy nor narrative device alone, but as a psychological and symbolic intrusion, an embodiment of authority, instinct, memory, and collective unease moving silently through the constructed order of civilisation itself.
Kingdom and other original paintings by Joel Rea were featured in Intimacy, 2026, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Queensland, Australia.
''A highlight of the exhibition is Joel Rea’s Kingdom (2024), a majestic oil painting exploring humanity's resilience, the mysteries of the cosmos, and the raw power of nature. Known for his meticulously rendered waves, symbolic self-portraits, and motifs drawn from his upbringing along Australia’s wild coastline, Rea’s work captures the sublime at its most intense and magnetic.''
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