Detailed painting of a jungle stream flowing onto a sandy beach where two people are fishing and drying nets near boats.

A snaking stream winds out of the dense jungle and flows down the beach towards the still, sparkling waters of the mighty ocean. Someone has constructed a thin wooden bridge across the stream, with fishing nets left to dry draped over it. A tall man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stands on the bridge, staring out to sea. Five seagulls dip and dive above the wide beach which is dotted with flat rocks and overturned boats painted in bright colours. A young boy, wearing a t-shirt and shorts, stands on a rock with a fishing rod cast into the sea. The morning sun peeks around white clouds on the horizon. It was paradise, or was it? See more