Big Leaf

‘Leaf I’ (Terminalia kaernbachii, Okari nut).

Original painting: Acrylic on paper. Sold.

Print: Giclée print, available on paper, 400 x 295mm, and on canvas, c. 880 x 630mm stretched. Each edition is limited to 250 prints.

Print price: Print on paper: AUD$140 plus postage*.

Print on canvas: AUD$540 plus postage*.

The okari nut is a large rainforest tree that grows in the low to mid-montane rainforests of Papua New Guinea. It produces bright purple fruit that contain a crisp, white, delicious nut about 6 to 8cm long. It is grown on a small commercial scale. The leaves develop stunningly beautiful textures and colours before they drop from the tree. This particular leaf was collected by the artist in a remote part of PNG whilst scrambling through very wet rainforest to see a spectacular waterfall – Wawoi Falls.

 

This is a sample of the impressive detail of this picture.

 

Story of "Big Leaf', Terminalia kaernbachii, Okari-nut Tree

 

I came across this leaf while crashing and slipping through some very wet, leech-infested rainforest in Papua New Guinea in 2004.

 

I knew instantly I wanted to paint it. I have been thinking of painting a big leaf painting for some years and knew when I picked up this leaf (or scooped it up in my headlong flight down a muddy slope) that it was this leaf. Click here for full story