Sacred Spot Series - Club/Clover Bug 🔴 SOLD

Oil, acrylic and gold leaf in cradled wooden birch panel, 20x20x3cm.
In many cultures, the humble ladybird is seen as a bearer of luck, protection, and quiet miracles. Here, that familiar emblem of hope is transformed into a sacred icon, its natural spots replaced with the ancient symbol of the club suit. Set against a luminous gold-leaf halo, Club Bug elevates an everyday creature into something devotional, suggesting that even the smallest lives carry unseen purpose, resilience, and quiet power. The halo echoes the visual language of religious icons, inviting us to pause and recognise the sacred hidden within nature.
The club is one of the oldest symbols in playing cards, derived from the cloverleaf and traditionally associated with growth, vitality, perseverance, and action. Unlike the diamond, which speaks of material wealth, or the heart, which represents love, the club embodies the strength to cultivate, endure, and create. It is the suit of effort rewarded, of ideas brought into reality, and of fortunes earned through determination rather than chance. Its resemblance to a living plant reinforces its connection to nature’s cycles, roots pushing through darkness, forests regenerating after fire, and life’s remarkable ability to begin again.
As part of the Sacred Spot Series, Club Bug becomes a talisman for resilience and personal growth. It celebrates the quiet strength found in the daily choice to keep moving forward. Like the ladybird itself, it reminds us that true prosperity often begins as something almost invisible: a single seed, a single step, a single act of courage. Sometimes the greatest power isn’t to possess more, but to continue growing, no matter the season.