Seen from directly overhead, a swimming pool fills the whole frame, its angular corner cutting diagonally across the upper left. A woman in a white swimsuit reclines on a large pink flamingo float just right of center. Two swimmers wade in together from the upper-left corner, and another figure sits at the edge in the lower right, legs in the water and back to the viewer.

Bright overhead sun breaks the water into shimmering facets of teal, seafoam and chalky white, with sun-bleached pink deck in two opposite corners. The paint is thick and impasto, with loaded brush and palette-knife strokes set side by side so the surface seems to move. The mood is sunny, relaxed and a little nostalgic.