Malcolm was invited to Bangladesh by Saber Hussain Chowdhury, a businessman and politician, to produce a book on the wild life of this country in 2000. The publication is in its final stages. He hopes to write a second book on how people are living in the Sunderbans-- with the constant fear of the tiger. He says," I fell in love with the people, their culture and heritage," In 2001 he met a Bangladeshi woman, and in 2003 he married her on his next visit, and he has resided here since. A professional artist for 21 years, he is internationally known. He supports himself from the sale of his work.

He went to Rangamati in 2001 and from there he went to the Madnapur Forest and to Bandarban and met the people, whom he grew to admire. Later the Alliance Francaise, seeing his work, asked him to be a part of the present exhibition, which, incidentally, also contains ethnic jewellery. Malcolm says," The Hill tracts is like nothing else on the planet -- it is peaceful and beautiful. The way the people live in harmony with nature is something dear to my heart, as I'm a conservationist of both wild life and cultures. As it is difficult for a foreigner to walk about the streets without getting mobbed, to sit somewhere and sketch is an impossibility. So I take photographs but when seeing through the camera, I'm thinking of a painting, not a photograph. For one painting I work from six to eight different photographs, which I get from my computer."

One of the highlights for Malcolm in the Bandarban was when he once went for an early morning walk. The mist on the river when he got to the bottom of a hill was breathtaking. He spent three hours in the peace and quiet just seeing the ethnic people come and go about their work and enjoyed every minute of it. Coming from Australia, every single bird for him is new, and Bangladesh for him is a whole new venture, after studying wildlife in his home. "Coming from Australia, which is mostly desert and full of browns, reds and ochre, he finds it a great change to be in Bangladesh with its greens and blues. He has been to the Sunderbands at least 20 times and says that the silence in the desert is similar to the silence in the jungle. He hopes to go to the remote areas of the Hill Tracts in future. He says, "I'm at a loss as to why tourists don't flock to this country as it has so much to offer."

About his drawing, Laurent Jalicous of the Alliance Francaise says," Such is Malcom's art that each feather is lovingly painted, each leaf is carefully drawn, and the overall piece is perfectly matching the real subject. This exhibition of this bird-lover gives a unique perspective on the wildlife, the scenery and the people of Bandarban. With photographic precision, Malcolm offers us some sights of the Hills to be remembered."