Feel every moment of this volcanic eruption from its start deep in the bowels of the earth to the atmospheric cataclysm as the eruption hurls spattering lava and ignimbrite flows for miles into the air.

This concept, which explores the geological reality of volcanic activity, is loosely based on the series of ignimbrite eruptions known to have devastated a volcano that lay north of Mount Tongariro on the Central North Island Plateau - and created what is now Lake Taupo.

Lake Taupo lies between the Mt Taranaki/Ruapehu/Ngauruahoe/Tongariro cluster of volcanoes and White Island in the Bay of Plenty - part of the great Ring of Fire that encircles the Pacific Ocean.

This painting in Acrylic on Arches Dessein 160gsm Art paper is ready mounted on backing board and matted in a biscuit color that accentuates the colors in the painting.

The actual painting size is 19in x 24.5in - overall size is 25in x 30.5in. Colors are richer than they appear here.