Beer and snail
October 10th, 2006
Drawing by Hanneke van Oosterhout
I have to confess that I used to think of still-life as the most boring art from. Hanneke van Oosterhout’s paintings have raised my appreciation of ordinary everyday objects, which is nice. But her imaginary still-life drawings add a whole new level of intellectual and artistic interest for me in the still-life genre.
This drawing of a glass of beer is exciting despite being of a mundane topic. I think that working from imagination allows Hanneke to tap into a new level of creativity (sorry for the lousy pun).
Where she is going with this approach, what will be the final result, remains to be seen.
This snail doesn’t seem to like beer so much.
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October 11th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
What an original composition. I love the snail
October 11th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
This is such an interesting subject, drawing from imagination. How much detail can the mind maintain and express in a drawing, the simplicity and instability of the drawing just gives it a fantasy quality almost like in an illustrational book.
October 14th, 2006 at 11:48 am
Hi, Karl
Interesting website.
Sobriety in snails is a survival characteristic! The beer trap is a tried and tested way of killing the pests in UK gardens. They can’t resist it. They get drunk and drown. This little fellow should lead a long and happy life and father/mother lots of sober offspring (they’re hermaphrodites).