Sir,
50 x 50 cm
oil/linen 2017
Ante Wessels

In the autumn of 2016, I read that at places around the North Pole the temperature was 20 degrees Celsius (36 F) higher than in other years. With such a rise in temperature we can expect the pole to melt rapidly. In a dark fantasy, I saw the end of humanity, not in a distant future, but during my lifetime. Fear overwhelmed me. The anxiety attack lasted about 10 days. The experience was intense, as if I had felt all the fear people feel over climate change.

I made the painting with my fingers; this is more direct (but less precise) than with a brush.

Painting made; this part worked out well. Unfortunately, the poles are indeed melting rapidly. And politically, a sense of urgency is missing.

Tempest, a series of paintings on climate change, anxiety and (ir)responsibility. This is the first painting.

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