This watercolour on paper features Abdullah Ariff 's hallmark qualities by capturing the idyllic kampung landscape and the essence of simple living in earthy tones of brown, green and a tinge of yellow. His sophisticated techniques of graded wash, wet on dry, and blooming create excellent layering that produces natural shades. Two silhouette figures perched on the riverbank. Abdullah Ariff made the impression that one of them is holding a fishing rod with its long line submerged in the water. During his lifetime, Abdullah Ariff dedicated his time as an artist, a politician, an art teacher (Anglo-Chinese School, Penang) and a cartoonist (Straits Echo newspaper, Kuala Lumpur, 1945 to 1947). He was the only artist with a road named after him in Air Itam, Penang 1955. He was the only one of two locals accepted into the expatriate group Penang Impressionists in the 1930s because of his artistic ability and Yong Mun Sen, both acknowledged as pioneers of watercolour painting in Malaysia. Abdullah made headway with solo exhibitions in the United States - Mint Museum and Ownbey Hall in Charlotte in 1954 and the Malayan Embassy in Washington in 1955. In the same year, he participated in the United Society of Artists group exhibition at the galleries of the Royal Society of British Artists, London. He was elected to join the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Art (F.R.S.A.) England.