Skatedeck Series - Mangrove Hummingbird | DegreeArt.com The Original Online Art Gallery

https://artellite.co.uk/sites/default/files/p/img_4179.jpg

https://artellite.co.uk/sites/default/files/p/img_4178.jpg

https://artellite.co.uk/sites/default/files/p/img_4177.jpg

By Louise McNaught
View all artwork by this artist

￥5,125.54

Make an offer

Dimensions (HxWxD):

79 × 1 × 20 cm

Materials:

Oil, acrylic and spray paint on maple wood skatedeck. Comes with wall hangers. 79x20cm

Primary Medium:

Painting

Medium
2025
Signed on Back
Ready to display
Share with friends
Wishlist

This work features the endangered Mangrove Hummingbird, rendered mid-flight as it dissolves into upward drips against a melting neon skyscape. The fluorescent colours — deliberately artificial and unstable — evoke a world overheating and slipping out of balance, mirroring the fragility of the bird’s habitat. Traditionally, hummingbirds symbolise freedom, lightness, and joy — qualities echoed in the sensation of skateboarding itself: weightless, fleeting, and alive in the present moment. By placing this delicate species on a skateboard deck, the work contrasts exhilaration with extinction, asking what it means to experience freedom in a world where so many creatures are losing theirs...

Select currency

Sign in to add this to your Wishlist

Skatedeck Series - Mangrove Hummingbird

Select currency

Shopping Help

About Us

Our Art Services