In the distance, the few forlorn figures, men and women, are hard at work on the beach against what is apparently failing light amidst the iridescent clouds. They appear as darkened shadows but quivering in the uncertain weather conditions. Yes, a storm might be heading their way, and quick hands make quick work, as it has been a long day, and there’s nothing more salving than a nice meal of vegetables and a little of the catches that they could spare for themselves. 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.