Having grown quite tired of painting orchids, I hiked off to Blue Lakes with Monke and Johanna this weekend for new inspiration. Despite the lake being surrounded by flowers, I was drawn to the rocks. What peace in the tranquil blue water and emerald hillside.

This canvas is the result of a study I did while at the lake with the girls. It captures the stillness and the amazing quiet beauty of the two most powerful and overwhelming features of the lake – water and hillside.