“Top Hat N Snail” Original Illustration by Kim McDermottroe
SIZE: 12 x 12 inches illustration size
Medium: Ink and acrylic paint on 300 gsm watercolour paper
Frame: Not included. Illustration comes with a black core, beige mount and signed certificate of authenticity
If you wanted to frame it, frame size is 14 x 14 inches to include mount.
Vintage wooden retort stand not included.
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£350.00
“Top Hat N Snail” – I decided on doing a top hat for a shell. I wondered about a hermit crab but soon realised it was a fun play on the words top hat n tails if it was a snail. And since I’m a costume designer, it seemed more fitting.
Due to the hat colour suggestion on the sunflower illustration coming out as purple ( and I did blue) I decided the snail would be purple. I added a rosette to the shell hat as a way to incorporate the swirls of a traditional snail shell. The hat was always green as this is my favourite colour. It turned out accidentally like suffragette colours. A massive happy accident.
I use a mix of inks, an alchemy of sorts to create the edge effects and include metallics which create shine and lustre such as on the hat’s copper kettle. Which by the way, is always on.
The GreenPlume Collection was exhibited at Hartlepool Art Gallery 2025.
Avoid placing in direct sunlight.
The copyright and reproduction rights remain solely with artist Kim McDermottroe.
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