‘Oil and acrylic on antique jumbo playing card, 7x5inches. 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. 
In Chinese folklore, beetles were considered lucky symbols associated with prosperity and wealth. Scarabs were widely featured in Ancient Egyptian culture as they believed that wearing or carrying a scarab would bring good luck, protect against evil forces, and ensure a safe journey into the afterlife because of their association with the sun and the sun god Ra. Scarabs were thought to be symbols of prosperity and good fortune. People sometimes wore them as amulets to attract abundance and repel bad luck.