Bubbles, 27×30,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026. (SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Chimpanzee Bubbles was kept as a pet by Michael Jackson, when he matured into a large and aggressive adult, like many captive chimpanzees unsuitable as a pet, he was disposed of, he now earns his living painting at the center of Great Apes in the USA.
Tilikum, 23×31,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Killer whale Tilikum, a male orca who was captured near Iceland at the age of two, spent most of his life at SeaWorld in Florida, USA. During his captive life he killed three people, amongst them his female trainer, he died of a bacterial lung infection at the age of thirty six in captivity.
Dolly, 14,5×18,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Sheep Dolly, the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell, affectionately named after country music legend Dolly Parton, she caused excitement and controversy among both scientists and the public. She died at the age of six and her body is on display at the National Museum of Scotland .
Baloo, 26,5×18,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Bear Baloo, aka the loneliest bear on earth, has been imprisoned for 23 years in a small cage in a ski resort owned by a rich businessman in Romania. A long term petition to free Baloo led to thousands of signatures, still the owner refuses to release him since he claims the bear is his property.
Sudan, 35,5×59,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Rhinoceros Sudan, the last male Northern white rhino who lived in Kenya, due to massive poaching Sudan was protected by armed guards around the clock, he was euthanized after suffering from age related complications, the species is extinct.
Laika, 13×15 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Dog Laika, became the first creature to orbit the Earth, as the Russian technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika’s survival was never expected. She died in space due to stress and hyperthermia.
Mary, 50×39,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Elephant Mary, known as “Murderous Mary” performed at the Sparks Circus, after bullying her for days she killed her handler , a circus employee, she was executed in public, hanged by the neck on a crane in the town of Erwin, USA.
Hunters at Dawn (Quadryptich, +/- 180×450 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic, leaves and oil on canvas, 2026.(Courtesy Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin)
‘The quadriptych Hunters at Dawn unfolds at the threshold between night and day, dream and reality. Instead of a threatening forest, Elshout presents a luminous birchgrove. Turquoise and vivid neon pink dissolve naturalistic space, creating an atmosphere that is at once poetic and unsettling.
Two rabbit masked figures appear almost playful. Only gradually does a small hare hanging from a string shift the meaning of the painting, exposing themes of vulnerability, control and violence beneath its lyrical surface.
The neon pink is far more than an expressive colour. As the artist has explained, it refers to the artificial world humanity has created. Flowing through the forest floor, it
becomes a metaphor for contemporary ecological imbalance. Hunters at Dawn does not retell a fairy tale; it asks why fairy tale imagery continues to shape the way we understand the world. Elshout’s paintings resist definitive interpretation, inviting slow looking and repeated encounters.’
Janine Bean gallery, 2026.
Hunters at Dawn (Logcabin) 180×90 cm.
Hunters at Dawn (Hunters) 180×180 cm.
Hunters at Dawn (Birches) 180×90 cm.
Hunters at Dawn (Hare) 40×30 cm.
Little Logcabin, 10×7 cm, pencil, acrylic and oil on canavs, 2026. (SOLD, collection Dutch Mini Art Initiative)
Vanitas#10, 190×70 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2026.
The golden snub-nosed monkey is one of earth’s rarest primates, he roams the high mountainous forests of western-central China. It’s able to survive below-freezing temperatures by sleeping clustered together, in the lower forest canopy, with others in its group. The golden snub-nosed monkey is classified as endangered due to habitat loss, deforestation, and historical poaching.
Hare#2, 30×24 cm, pencil, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2026. (Courtesy Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin.) SOLD, private collection Ibiza.
Golden Toad#2, 70×70 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2026. (SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Logcabin#3, 24×30 cm, pencil, acrylic, oil and human hair on canvas, 2026.
Zebra, 120×120 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2026.
Girl#13, 30×30 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2026. (After “Carrying the Songs by Moya Cannon.”)
Hybrid#23 (Wolf), 90×180 cm, pencil, charcoal, acrylic, oil, leaves and wool on canvas, 2026.