This free flowing composition was painted between showers of rain. The river was in flood, cutting back the river bank. In this painting he illusion of impetus is carried by the river up into and through the sky, the clouds are torn off leaves, the forest a visceral entity stranded in the flood - water engulfing water in a frenzy of elemental fervour. A solitary drop of water slides, tear-like, down the papers right edge – a subtextual referent to fidelity and mercy. You may also notice a drenched wattle bird clinging to a branch in the center of the picture.