The peaceful landscapes of the East Coast are achieved by alternating delicate strokes of watercolour on paper. The bodies of the fishermen are overlapped with one another, resulting in the use of rhythmic contours to enliven the composition. Subtle impressions of light and shade and the effective portrayal of shadows of the fishermen further enhances the realistic impression of the wet coastal sands. Khalil Ibrahim graduated with a National Diploma of Design in Fine Arts at the prestigious St. Martin’s School of Art and Design in London in 1964 (post-graduate in 1965). He turned into a full-time artist in 1966. Khalil was a co-founder of the Malaysian Watercolour Society and had his first double solo of London works and Malaysian batiks at Samat Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 1970. That year, he also had a solo exhibition in Indonesia, the first Malaysian to have done so. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Switzerland and his works have been collected by the National Museum in Singapore, Fukuoka Museum of Art in Japan, New South Wales Museum of Art in Sydney and the Royal National Art Gallery of Jordan.