Volcano a Day | Eldfjall a dag
March 20th 2021 - 6th August 2021 Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
Volcano a Day is a project that sprung forth with the volcanic eruption in Fagradalsfjall Iceland 2021. I painted 100 paintings of the eruption following its amazing growth and change.
The first 50 were painted every single day and cover the first 50 days of the eruption from the 20th March-8th May. At that point the eruption had started to stabilise and looked very similar, so for the next 50 paintings, I picked out the most interesting days to paint. I went to the volcano twice to paint on location 'en plein air' but the other paintings were painted through RÚV and MBL's webcams.
Days 1-100
Interview on Landinn
I was interviewed about the project on Landinn, a local TV show in Iceland! You can watch the short interview in the link above.
100 paintings art book successfully funded on Karolinafund
To celebrate reaching 100 paintings for this project I decided to collate them into a book which was successfully funded on Karolinafund - a big thank you to everyone who supported the project and made this book possible!
Limited Edition Prints
All 100 of the paintings are available as A5 limited edition prints (only 20 of each in this size in circulation). Printed on high quality 350gsm Magno Satin paper, each is signed and numbered by hand.
Day 12 - on location
On day 12, 31st March I hiked to see the eruption with my own eyes and painted these on location.
Painting on location in Nátthagi
On the 20th June 2021 I painted on location again - this time in Nátthagi valley where the lava was flowing into. Even though I couldn’t see the crater itself it was amazing seeing all the lava! Again what struck me was the smell, the smoke, the crazy texture of the cooled lava and the sounds - the crackling and the occasional surprising pop!
