Physics and painting appear to have nothing in common with each other. Yet artist Dirk Vander Eecken and scientist Stef Van Tendeloo have effortlessly bridged the gap between the two. Dirk Vander Eecken’s doctorate is inspired by a series of black and white images given to him by Stef Van Tendeloo. Nano-science and painting: an intriguing but not a very obvious combination.