Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed certificate of authenticity.

Some of my arty friends and I have been to another artist/friend place on occasions to paint and sketch. The beautiful Mary River starts its journey through her property near Maleny. Sitting under this canopy of dense foliage is unbelievable. The dappled light, birds singing and trickling water is another world, where cares and chores become obsolete.

I started this painting en plein air directly on to the stretched linen. I used fast drying acrylic paint to get the feeling and colours of the scene recorded. The artwork was completed in my studio by building up layers with oil paints.