© Picking Flowers

A composition depicting children amid flowers, rendered with characteristic exuberance through mixed media on paper. The work employs bold black linear forms to delineate the figures, whilst warm ochres and earth tones establish a gentle ground. The artist’s approach combines drawing and paint in loose, gestural marks that convey both immediacy and affection. Claerhout’s practice, developed without formal training, embraced such experimental combinations of materials to capture the humanity of his everyday subjects.