Cookie Pounamu in conversation with Tangaroa

The painting I choose today was created by Michel Tuffery. Michel Tuffery is an artist based in New Zealand and he as Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage. Tuffery is one of the most accomplished Polynesian artists.
The painting entitled "Cookie Pounamu in conversation with Tangaroa" depicts a person with fish in his hair.I like the imagination in this painting. I also enjoy the use of colors, because the artist uses very "traditional" polynesian colors to depict the sea and the clouds. The balance and color in the clouds make it seem like a storm is coming on the person's way.
In the painting I also enjoy the depiction of the man, resembling as an official, and the way he was drawn.I like the simplicity of the lines making a somewhat abstract form of a human.
The interaction of nature and humans is evident in the painting. The painting exposes the human side surrounded by nature and even being involved with it by having fishes stuck in his hair.
I do not know what message the artist is trying to expose to the audience but this painting is visually appealing due to the imagination and abstraction that presents.