This work carries the hallmarks of Margaret’s work when her gaze was directed at the domestic; the tilted table covered in patterned cloth, food representative of biblical offerings and circular dishes. Fish were often present in her work, including her many self-portraits and the imagined portrait of her ancestor Sarah Wisse now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.

The fish represent the sacrificial offering, standing in for the sacrifices made by women perhaps, but also representing the bounty of food available in Australia, the south coast of New South Wales an area as beautiful as it is rich in vegetation, and complemented by a view that stretches across the Pacific Ocean.

Margaret places the fish in a pan in this work, ready to be cooked. The preservation of the environment evident in her artistic statement, the plump pink unadulterated fish only possible for as long as water remains clean and flowing.