Fishing is a great pastime as long as you are catching fish. During the long winter months it is necessary for people to pass the time in as many ways they can.
Ice fishing is a great sport that people take part in many countries.
Here a man is being mocked by his wife, who is holding up a very small fish, because he has not caught a sufficiently sized fish for dinner. He is visibly distraught, but he will sit bundled up in his coats and wait for the catch of the day to come his way. Egg-tempera paint is the medium used to paint the composition. The spectrum of color here is very wide and provides good complexity for the eye to digest. Although the main subjects are very large in comparison to everything else in the scene the artist provides tremendous detail in the perimeter with tremendous action and movement.