Calum McClure has chosen to paint a location near to his new home in Italy, Cornino Lake, which is a natural source. The lake's intense blue and clarity are due to the low temperature and chemical composition of the water, which is forced to the surface continuously. This is probably the type of place Italo Calvino’s eponymous Marcovaldo had in mind when he went off in search of a place to fish tench in the chapter “Dov'è più azzurro il fiume?” (Where the river is bluer?). As with many of his other escapades his will to pursue the activities of the countryside in the city does not end well, and the beautiful blue river he finds on the city’s confines turns out to be down river from a polluting paint factory. In this painting we see McClure play on the strange and somewhat otherworldly beauty of the lake, through his use of intense colour. We are left asking what is depicted and what is imagined.