The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s natural wonders, a truly awesome and unparalleled natural phenomenon. The corals take on a profusion of forms and hues, amongst which brightly coloured and intricately patterned fish hover tantalisingly just out of reach. Vast schools envelop you as they pass by. A turtle may slowly go about its business, and occasionally a patrolling shark may get your heart racing, particularly if it seems to be circling you. You may also be awed as one of the giants, such as a Manta Ray, idly glides by.

It is immensely saddening to witness coral reefs dying before my eyes as temperatures rise, and to contemplate that I may outlive them. It is an indictment of our generation that soon my paintings and other images may be all that is left to evoke memories of what the Great Barrier Reef used to be like.