Original "Whales wandering among the stars" oil painting

Origineel olieverfschilderij / Original oilpainting

Titel / Title:  Whales wandering among the stars

Excellent — let’s explore **symbolism** more deeply and fold it into a refined version of the poem.

In your painting

**Whales Wandering Among the Stars**

A house stands by a still lake—

quiet as thought,

watching the sky remember itself.

Above, whales drift through constellations,

not bound by water,

but carried by memory.

Their bodies are stories,

older than wind,

too vast to hold

yet too gentle to fall.

They rise not to escape the sea,

but to return to something deeper—

a place where origins and endings dissolve,

where the soul swims

even when we are still.

The stars blink like open eyes,

but it is the whales who see.

The house below does not move.

It listens.

Maybe it once dreamed of flying,

or perhaps it is a keeper—

of quiet,

of longing,

of lives unlived.

The lake reflects both house and sky,

blurring the line between what is real

and what is remembered.

And in that moment,

nothing needs to make sense—

not the sky,

not the sea,

not the ache that rises

when we witness beauty

too vast to explain.

Only the knowing remains:

we are small,

we are watching,

and something ancient is watching back.

Maat / size:

Note: het is een antieke lijst, is herspoten en beschildere, heeft een beschadiging bovenop gehad door de leeftijd. Dit is overschilderd.

Gesigneerd op de achterkant / signed on the back

* disclaimer: kleuren kunnen in echt wat afwijken van de foto's / colors can vary a bit in real life