The Wild is Calling - Original By Louise McNaught

'The Wild Is Calling' forms part of Louise McNaught's 'Wild' Series which in the artists words are about nature wearing the colours of man like war paint, trying to adapt to man's intervention'. The fluorescent paint adds a radiating energy to the animal and with the addition of the gorgeous gold leaf as the backdrop elevates the status of the animal – a method used in traditional religious paintings. Louise McNaught uses a lot of Stags in her work as she believes them to be majestic and pure and almost like they are wearing ornate crowns on their heads. McNaught finds herself attached to the beautiful creature as 'it's the Scottish in me and I just love their anthropomorphic qualities, when they stare at you it's like they are staring into your soul'. This piece is signed by the artist.