“From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you will now raise me to my martyrdom.” - Anne Boleyn Original is oil on canvas, 18 x 24 Originally titled ‘Scapegoats’, the ‘Dead Royals’ series seeks to emphasize, through the historical lens, a fuller understanding of the human condition by a simple analysis of the people we’ve killed. Like most Americans, the artist has an almost unhealthy obsession with three things: drama, the royal family, and violence.