Eifel is burning, 40x50 cm

This acrylic landscape painting feels like a vision of the Eifel in a state of emergency, suspended somewhere between reality and a possible future scenario. In the foreground there is  a tangible, embedded texture: gritty, sandy structures are worked directly into the layers of color, as if the ground has been roughened, dried out, and scarred by heat. Between these earthy tones, hints of green still appear, like the last islands of vegetation resisting what is coming.

Across the surface, small smoldering fire pockets glow. They are not loud, but eerily quiet: tiny sparks of red and orange eating their way into the scene. From each one, thin ribbons of smoke rise, grey to nearly black, dissolving into the air and pulling the viewer’s gaze upward.

In the middle ground and background, the true inferno opens up: a blazing sea of red, orange, and yellow, reminiscent of lava or a massive wildfire. The Eifel remains only as a suggestion through rolling hill shapes and crater-like contours, a subtle reminder of the region’s volcanic origins. The painting merges gritty texture, glowing embers, and a sweeping wall of flame into an intense, unsettlingly beautiful scene filled with heat, motion, and tension.

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