Oil painting of a burning ferry at dusk in a narrow strait, an oil tanker, a damaged castle, and people with lanterns on the shore.

Oil painting in the manner of a vast Bruegel panorama, one continuous coastal landscape at dusk seen from a high vantage. In the foreground, a laden oil tanker passes through a narrow strait between two dark headlands, golden light on the water lane, a crowd of waiting ships behind it. In the middle distance at sea, a small two-deck ferry burns at night, orange fire reflected on dark water, tiny figures adrift around it. On the far shore, a stone castle wall stands cracked and partially collapsed, rubble at its base, rescue lanterns moving among the stones. One coastal town on the horizon sits completely dark, windowless, while towns around it glow. Muted earth palette, amber and deep blue, visible brushwork, small human figures throughout, no text. Voir plus