A group of topless men wearing only sarongs tied above their knees, some with their heads wrapped with a cloth to protect from the heat, while others have the cloth over one arm to wipe off sweat, working as a team to mend a large fishing net – lined vertically on the sandy beach leading the eye into the distance. Ten figures in the foreground and four in the background are painted in hallmark Khalil Ibrahim – figures built with strong brush strokes enunciating masculinity and landscape marked loosely by small short strokes - of green, brown, and yellow to illustrate the golden sand and grey and blue washes to construct shadows, the sea, the sky and the clouds. Boats are moored at the shore and clouds turning dark afar. Fishing is not a recreational activity for this group of men. A laborious means to make ends meet, fishermen in the East coast often depend on the weather for a rewarding day at sea. The artist often depicts the daily lives of common people of the East coast as his subject of interest.