Oil and acrylic on antique jumbo playing card, 7x5inches. Can be purchased framed in a white or black box frame, or unframed. Contact us at info@louisemcnaught.com for purchase enquiries. .
The Abundance Collection is a Series of animals that represent abundance, luck and prosperity painstakingly painted in hyper detail on antique jumbo playing cards. The series on a deeper level is about his humanity plays with Nature like it’s a game to be won or conquered, but Nature is actually the abundance we desire and is abundant in itself if we look after it and give it half a chance.
Ravens have rich symbological meaning in practically every culture and society worldwide, including Ancient Mesopotamian, Mesoamerican, Greek, Roman, Indian and South Asian, Norse, Pacific, Celtic and also medieval European. In some of these cultures, seeing a crow is considered a good omen, symbolising good fortune or a message from a higher power According to English legend, the English Kingdom will fall if the ravens of the Tower of London die or are removed as theyre thought to be lucky. It’s said that there have been six ravens in the tower for several centuries!