The Flaming Skull

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An oil painting depicts a flaming skull with fiery tendrils extending into a starry cosmic sky, surrounded by vibrant red and orange planets. The skull is positioned slightly to the right, looking left, with black eyes and a detailed jawline, appearing to explode into the celestial backdrop. The fiery tendrils are dynamic and curly, resembling both flames and hair, and merge into a dark, root-like neck/body form below the skull. The background features a dramatic landscape with dark, shadowy mountains and hills under a twilight sky that transitions from bright yellow and orange at the horizon to deep blues and purples overhead, dotted with more small, glowing red-orange spheres and subtle stars. The brushstrokes are visible, giving the painting a textured, expressive quality, with a color palette dominated by warm reds, oranges, and yellows contrasted against cool blues, deep purples, and blacks.