45.5 cm (w) x 66 cm (h), oil paints on cotton canvas.
Date produced: While living at West Beach, after my first exhibition (1984-1986)

Painted on-site at the little creek that runs through the middle of Barratt Reserve, at West Beach. I originally did see some orange fish swimming in the water, and wanted to include them in my composition, which was based on a series of horizontal bands, and slanting lines from reeds being blown by southerly breezes. The purple-coloured water was genuinely observed and was felt to be a mixture of the reddy-coloured water reflecting the blue sky.