Underwater artist

Artists choose to paint in all sorts of places to get closer to nature - in forests, on sandy beaches, up mountains… But what about under the sea? French illustrator Sophie Kukukita does just that. She free dives to the bottom of the ocean off her new home on the Indonesian island of Bali. Down there with her pallet and easel she captures the colours she sees around her. From Bali, Sophie told Matthew Bannister what sort of paintings she creates under water.

Photo by Sophie Kukukita