At Doel - Pyroclastic Nothing

With this work I have tried to transfer the frozen dynamics of a place called Doel. A small town that's about to be swallowed by the Port of Antwerp and the other neighbour, a massive nuclear power plant. Most people already left and gave away their habitat. They handed it over to the new reality: massive container cranes and bulk carriers. The industry is taking over and people find their way around somewhere else. Fascinating movements of a modern landscape, constantly scraping at the boundaries of existence. First I made my underpainting in acrylic and Gesso. This to create a perfect, solid texture for the following layers. Then I started working on multiple layers of a combination of thick and thin traits of acrylic. Then finished with a slightly glossy varnish.