Painting, oil on canvas 24/12

Somewhere on the South China Sea, the sun sets on another glorious day. As fishermen labor on calm waters, bathed in the tranquility of the last light, quite a different story is unfolding under the water and beneath this canvas. There, fish are resisting the bait and dodging the net in a chaotic battle for survival. If their struggle is unseen and unheard, is it any less real?