Claude Verlinde is responsible for one of the paintings I would most like to live in:

He has a few delightful book scenes in his gallery.

This is his magical concept of a library:

I’m forever on a quest for hourglass representations in art, so I was happy to find this:

And of course I must feature his wonderful work with skeletons…

Step into more of Verlinde’s surreal scenes here (click on the images to see detailed larger sizes).