A contemporary and poetic version of the story of the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe (Drowned Land of Saeftinghe). In the sixteenth century, the village and polder of Saeftinghe, on the eastern edge of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (part of the Dutch province of Zeeland), disappeared under water, and the sea has reigned supreme there ever since. The artist, who grew up in Zeeland, learned this fanciful story at his mother’s knee.
