Sottobosco obsession

I am fascinated by the dark and peculiar works of Otto Marseus van Schrieck, a seventeenth-century Dutch painter who dedicated his life's work to painting the ground. Or more accurately, depicting shadowy undergrowths infused with imaginative chiaroscuro dramas. A few places to learn more: http://www.sphinxfineart.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&objectid=130379 and http://urbanplants.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/holland-looking-at-the-ground-sottobosco-painting/.

Bosgrond met een slang, hagedissen, vlinders en andere insecten

Otto Marseus van Schrieck, ca 1650-1678