on my easel 24/02/11

When I started this painting it was going to be a foggy morning in the blue mountains.

Then all of a sudden the leaves on the main tree started to hang as if it had vines growing on it and coconut trees appeared!! It is strange how a painting can take on it's own life. This one decided it is a rain forest:)

We lived in north Queensland once and spent a lot of time trekking around the forest up there, I also love Ubud in Bali, so my mind is full of beautiful rain forest memories to draw upon.

I'm trying to resist adding to much colour, but still want to put in a lot more detail.