'The lower part of the Hoanib River in Namibia is a very arid but beautiful area where there is no water. The dunes found in the riverbed here are from the sand of the Namib Desert that is slowly migrating northwards. The Hoanib cuts through the Namib Desert and so the sand is blown over the Southern valley side into the riverbed below - which is the location of this painting's inspiring scenery. Even though the river bed here has no water at all - desert elephants regularly trek along this valley on their way to a huge fresh water lake (Ausses) which lies within sight of the Atlantic Ocean. The dunes are formed from sand spilling over the tops of the valley sides and down into the bed below.'

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