What is the artist trying to say in this painting?

(Seen in bathroom of Taqueria specializing in fish tacos) 

(Seen in bathroom of Taqueria specializing in fish tacos) 

  • The owners of these flipflops and surfboards are frolicking elsewhere? 
  • 4-5 people have been swept out to sea leaving behind the detritus of their young lives? 
  • Seagulls have already picked their carcases clean and then the bones were washed out to sea?
  • The artist doesn't know how to paint the human figure? 

From 30k feet

Carquinez Strait. At the bottom of the photo it opens up into San Pablo Bay and then SF Bay. Going from bottom to top: Mare Island and Vallejo, Carquinez Bridge, Martinez Bridge, Sacramento River Delta. On the right is Mt Diablo.

Carquinez Strait (Southwest flight PDX to OAK)

Looking south at the Napa Valley. From bottom to top Oakville, Yountville, Napa.

Napa Valley  (Southwest flight PDX to OAK