I gathered these gum leaves from a tree just around the corner from my house, the location is marked by the background of the piece, a topographical look at the Larapinta water drainage sytem. I wanted to use this topographical style after learning of the Papunya Tula Art movement in Central Australia, where this style was transformed from painting on bodies and in the dirt, to canvas. I wanted to pay a conceptual homage to this movement, using a still live of the leaves as the subject.