Derelict places
I like to visit places where decay has set in years ago. Factories that have been abandoned for decades, buildings that are about to be demolished, places that are in fact non-existent, because they lost their function ages ago. I like to go there with my camera and use the resulting photos to make new paintings in my studio.
dated 2017 until 2026
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Aldel 1
2025First painting about the demolition of the Aldel factury in Farmsum.
Aldel 2
2025The demolition of a long hallway at the factory of Aldel.
Aldel 3
2025View outside of the factory Aldel, while it is being dismantled.
Aldel 4
2025The Al Food Court, the restaurant of Aldel, during demolition.
Aldel 5
2025The lines at Aldel
Aldel 6
2025A view from inside the factory Aldel, towards the terrain outside.
Aldel 7
2026A last glimpse at the factory of Aldel, during demolition.
Tropical paradise 1
2025A very derelict abandoned swimming paradise
Tropical paradise 2
2025A very derelict abandoned swimming paradise
Reflection
2024Reflection in the mirror, in the well decorated living room of a derelict farmhouse.
Abandoned farmhouse, welcome
2024Welcome, the doors are open.
Abandoned farmhouse, look up
2024The construction of the roof of a gigantic barn in an abandoned farmhouse.
Abandoned farmhouse, Armchair
2024sagging armchair in an abandoned farmhouse.
Abandoned farmhouse, cheers
2024In the pantry of an abandoned farmhouse the last owner left a brightred beercan.
Wünsdorf 6
2019A view in the abandoned military school in Wünsdorf. A room with an old chair and a bucket reveals the occasional guests that look for shelter in the buildings.
Wünsdorf 12
2022Building in the empty armytown of Wünsdorf. The dark staircase directs us towards the bright sunlight outside.
Wünsdorf 13
2022The doors lead to the staircase. On every floor in this builing in Wünsdorf it's exactly the same, but also different. The wear, the light, the grafitti, the colours are unique everytime.
Wünsdorf 14
2023Hallway, doors and stairs in a gigantic uniform building in the town of Wünsdorf, near Berlin.
Wünsdorf 15
2024Hallway in one of the gigantic abandoned buildings in Wünsdorf.
Wünsdorf 16
2025Small painting about the roofconstruction of a building in Wünsdorf.
Bromberg
2022Derelict skeleton of a factory where explosives were made. The concrete structure is all that's left, hidden in the Polish woods.
Bromberg 2
2022Large round holes in the concrete floors of the abandoned explosives factory in Poland offer a view to the floors below.
Bromberg 3
2023A look into a hall of on abandoned expolsives factory in Poland.
Bromberg 4
20234th painting about the explosives factory in Poland.
Bromberg 6
2023A long hallway in an abandoned building in Poland, on a sunny day. Which way to go? Going into the hallway, or follow the arrow?
Bromberg 9
2024An abandoned factory in Poland, where explosives were made.
Bromberg 10
2024An abandoned factory in Poland, where explosives were made.
Factory in Ter Apel 5
2019Fifth painting about the old factory in Ter Apel. Impressive and in decay. There are beams, pillars and constructions made of concete, where ever you look.
Factory at Ter Apel 9
2019A large space outside the factory buildings, with an interesting construction overhead.
Factory in Ter Apel 11
2026When the humans are gone, the trees begin to grow.
Peenemünde 5
2023An enormous large open space in the abandoned factory in Peenemünde.
Peenemünde 6
2023Abandoned factory in Peenemünde.
Prora
2017A hallway in Prora, the holiday resort that the Nazi-regime built for the German people, before the war began. Six floors high and four kilometers long. It was never finished. The Russians tried to blow up part of the building after the war. They didn´t succeed. What is left is a colossal ruin by the sea, in between pinetrees. Corridors and staircases. Concrete and bricks.