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Fish seek for a deep place, men seek for a better place; surrealistic characters on whimsical landscape oil on canvas inspired by Brueghel, Alan Lee, Rene Magritte and Hugo Simberg
A surrealist landscape painting depicts a sky with wispy clouds, with a large, realistic human eye in the upper left corner, crying tears that appear as suspended spheres with small white figures. Below the eye, a majestic medieval-style castle floats in the sky above a calm blue sea. Several floating islands of various sizes are scattered across the sky, some adorned with lush green trees and cascading waterfalls. One island on the top left features a large, gnarled tree, beneath which a golden, open-sided structure houses two small figures, one appearing to preach. On the far right, another floating island with trees supports a circular, glowing orb, where a figure stands on a scaffold, reaching towards the orb.
The foreground is dominated by two large, earthy cliffs on either side of a dark blue, swirling body of water. On the left cliff, a group of robed figures, possibly monks or nuns, are gathered. One figure pushes a wooden cart loaded with large books and white eggs or stones, while another holds a lit lantern. Several figures stand on open books that serve as platforms extending over the water. On the right cliff, another group of robed figures, some with halos, also stand, with some holding lanterns and
