Painted this in one day back at the studio from a photo in Queenstown - had to clamber down a muddy bank to get this shot, but well worth it. I was following an idea I've continued to be intrigued by; letting loose brushwork be defined and made real by the contrast of seemingly fine detail. Also trying something new for me with the composition here - normally I try to simplify my composition and make it as clean as possible so everything reads neatly. This painting is leaning towards making a painting for a painting's sake - for the beauty of the shapes, colours, lines and textures within it, rather than making a painting for the beauty of the thing it's representing.