Painting of a pinnace, the emblematic oblong boat of the Arcachon basin. Lying on the port side in an estey at low tide, the bright red volumes of the boat occupy the entire space in the foreground. A village of black wooden fishing houses tarred at the back creates a second dark wave in the background.

A true portrait, the solid structure of the well-built pinnace offers itself to our eyes in its living setting, that of oyster farming. The red and black reflect the passion that the artist has maintained all his life with the Arcachon basin.