Seul

An old window from a dormitory block in a derelict holiday centre is missing its glass and the various changes of coloured paints show through in all their peeling forms. This place is not empty. But it is alone. Abandoned by all but the ghosts of others .
 
This painting comes from a series of works based on views of a collection of old buildings that made up a former ‘colonie de vacances’. The cluster of dormitories and shower blocks sit on one of the highest points on the Île d’Oleron. It would normally take the full force of the winds blowing in from the Atlantic just a short distance away, but the ravages of sea air are tempered by the curtains of tall bending pines that stand in between, slowing the journey towards ultimate decay.