These paintings are made with paint developed by the artist. The pigment of this coalpaint is “Charbon de Beringen”, coal taken from the transportation bands of the coal washing plant of Beringen, Belgium. This coal mine closed in 1989.
“Charbon de Beringen²” refers to An’s Open Studio & Expo in the Double winding house (a building of the former mining plant) of Beringen at the end of 2019.