Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, India, is an amazing place, particularly known for its tigers. We were lucky enough to see some there and the many other amazing animals that are native to this varied landscape of forest, scrub and open grassland. I painted this picture after we came home, using photographs I had taken of the animals. The landscape is largely made up but is typical of one of the habitats in the park. Groups of langur monkeys travel through the forest with the spotted deer, providing each other with some additional protection from their mutual enemy, the tiger. The monkeys have good eyesight and a high vantage point and the deer have an acute sense of smell. Monkeys will even drop seeds and nuts from the trees for the deer. The peacocks were a great surprise to me. They are such brightly coloured birds whereas most of the animals blend very effectively into the colours of the landscape. Peacocks can be founds sitting in groups in the branches of low trees and foraging on the ground. The bird on the left is a Rufus Tree Pie. An inquisitive bird which will come and inspect tourists from close by. I have included some Nilgai in the distance, another of the native deer. This painting appeared in the 2019 Glynn Vivian Open Exhibition. Oil on canvas. 50cm x 100cm.