Bunkers, photographs and paintings

The following pictures look at my interest in world war 2 fortifications, both as history and as a subject of painting.

The photograph above was taken by me in August 2018 on the island of Schiemonikoog off the Dutch coast. The bunker was part of a large bunker complex that during the war was built around a radar installation by the occupying German forces. What is odd is that on the surface these bunkers are now almost invisible. The photo below demonstrates this.

The entrance to the bunker can just be seen in the centre of the picture. Seeing pictures of what this area of the Island looked like during the war is very odd because now all trace above ground has disappeared. This visited inspired my work in the second year.