Peter Doig’s ‘Fisherman’ (2014) presents a tableau rendered in expressive brushstrokes against a darkened tropical landscape. The composition depicts a solitary figure traversing a shoreline, dragging what appears to be a fishing net through shallow waters beneath sketchy palm trees. His dark, muted palette is punctuated by luminous highlights, creating an atmosphere of the profound unknown; his use of colour and light serves to heighten the sense of mystery and tension in the scene.

Here, the fisherman becomes a liminal figure—a wanderer between worlds. The image emerges from a memory from the artist’s time in Trinidad, blurring the boundaries between reality and recollection. The work represents his ongoing exploration of tropical landscapes as sites of both beauty and ambiguity, reinforcing his position as a master of contemporary figurative painting who captures the psychological complexity of human experience through painterly expression.