Marie Louise Elshout’s work is distinguished by an authentic combination of drawing and painting, in her canvases she portrays the ambivalent relationships between human beings and animals, leaders and followers.  

She positions her elusive, hybrid creatures in a historical 19th Century setting, inspired by Daguerreotype photography, as a stage in which the landscape functions as the protagonist. 

In her meticulously crafted works the emphasis is not on human characteristics in animals but rather on the folklore of men, superstition, the tales and the sometimes darker side of traditions and rituals.   

Her paintings always reveal a certain beauty due to a mixture of sepia tones and vibrant colours, they invitate you to share in her fascination, create awareness and perhaps find more connection with Nature.