Oil and acrylic on antique jumbo playing card, 7x5inches. Can be purchased framed in a white or black box frame, or unframed.
Framing reference images in additional photos.
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.
Bears were revered by numerous Native American and Siberian cultures. The animals were seen as good luck . Bears were also thought to have strong supernatural powers of good, based on its ability to hibernate throughout the winter. Bear terminology is even used in finance in the terms of a ‘bear market’ which means it’s a good time to sell to make money.