Rainforests  hold the greatest diversity of animal life on the planet, and those of Madagascar have many species, which can be found nowhere else on earth.

Working alongside a group of young scientists sponsored by Professor David Bellamy's Conservation Foundation, it was my role to record  the many plant and animal species in the areas of northern primary forest we surveyed.

Working in wet and humid conditions added an interesting challenge to painting in the field, a one I would not have missed for the world.