Inspiration for "Daybreak on a Borneo River"

This is one of my favourite paintings. It is the peace of the dawn, with the promise of a day. It may look as if it is just one colour, but it is actually many layers of different colours. You can just start to see the shapes of the dense growth...in general, riverbank forest is lush and tangled with lianas, palms, bamboo and flowering plants  due to all the increased light and seasonal flooding bringing increased nutrients. Our day started at 4.45am each morning - a plate of instant porridge, then we grabbed our headlamps, pulled on leechproof socks and boots, and headed across the river into the gloom of the jungle, to one of the observation decks high up in the canopy.

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