Van Elk's “Conclusions” consist of painted-over photographs of different urban and rural landscapes. The historical Dutch painting genre is pulled into abstraction by the multiple layers of paint that are added to the photograph printed on canvas. The color of the acrylic paint is based on the main colors of the landscape or cityscape predominant in the photograph, for instance a white snow landscape in Sant Moritz or the black volcanic rock façade of the Clermont-Ferrand cathedral. The results are apparent monochromes that still show a glimpse of the underlying landscapes, on the thick edges of the canvas. The layers of paint are not smooth and blank like most monochrome paintings, but the texture of the paint is patterned. While the image becomes invisible, the brush strokes in the paint form a cloudy pattern that establishes a new landscape or image. The title of the series, "Conclusions", implies an end. Possibly the end of painting, but the blank canvases can simultaneously be seen as a new beginning.