'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' by Louise McNaught, 2017
The artist's tribute to the magnificent Great White shark.
19.7 x 23.6 Inches
50 x 60 Centimeters
Full-bleed giclée print on hand-pulled 330gsm Somerset Velvet fine art paper with deckled edges.
Limited Edition of 25 (#2/25)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist in pencil, bottom right.
ABOUT THE ART
This piece is celebrating the iconic Great White Shark, which is also endangered. This powerful apex predator is also vulnerable to becoming extinct, which is represented by the fading upward drips...
ARTIST BIO
Louise McNaught completed her Fine Art Degree BSc (Hons) in 2012 at the University of Greenwich, and she has continued to work as a professional artist ever since, with international representation....
Louise‘s creations feature nature, animals, and the celestial realm in glorious, blazing neon hues, where the animals are God-like, Sublime and ethereal in their luminescence. McNaught's work is motivated by emotive and spiritual experiences which has manifested in a mixed-media approach. Her soft style suggests a delicate relationship between nature and ourselves, making a clear point about man's destruction of nature - which flutters jewel-like in the balance. When focusing on endangered species the imagery often takes on a duality of not only what is happening to the animal itself, but also relfects how we feel psychologically about the effect the human race is having on these species.
By subverting traditional representation she hints at darker consequences, yet paradoxically giving animals an elevated status. Her animals are a medium for self-expression, as lack of context and background suspends the creatures in an internal or even numinous space, where they become a metaphor for the human condition and psyche.
Just as we use highlighters to mark areas of importance, Louise McNaught is doing this with fluorescent media. By drawing the viewers attention to the animals presence and energy, McNaught is hoping to share with the viewer the awe that the natural world inspires within her.