Tales Untold 02 | 100×80 cm

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Inspiration

This series of paintings is inspired by my poem “Tales Untold”. 

Tales Untold

As the sun dips beneath the horizon,
the sky becomes a canvas ablaze,
with hues of crimson, gold, and tangerine,
painting a masterpiece of the day’s end.

The sea, tranquil and serene,
reflects the spectacle above,
rippling with echoes of the fiery sky,
as if borrowing its radiance.

Each wave whispers secrets to the shore,
as the salty breeze carries tales untold,
of journeys embarked and dreams pursued,
in the quiet expanse of the twilight sea.

In the silent embrace of the evening sea,
the sun dances its final song,
a seductive symphony of color and light,
woven into the flaming curtain of the night.

The sky glows like a painter’s palette,
imbued with shades of longing,
red blooms like the passion of love,
orange dances like the flames of hope.

Seagulls soar on wings of twilight,
their cries a chorus to the fading light,
while the distant call of a lone ship’s horn,
echoes across the horizon.

The sun sinks slowly, like a kiss on the horizon,
its golden rays bathing in the salty sea,
and each wave carries a tale of tranquility,
as the water whispers a secret to the wind.

In this fleeting moment of transition,
nature’s brushstrokes create a symphony,
where the boundary between earth and sky,
blurs into a harmonious dance of color.

The water reflects the heavenly splendor,
like a mirror of the world’s soul,
the calm surface glistens and gleams,
like the stars awakening in the depths of the night.

In this enchantment of color and shine,
we feel eternity in a single moment,
lost in the magic of the sunset at sea,
where the world seems to vanish, and only beauty remains.

And as darkness descends like a velvet cloak,
the memory of the sunset lingers,
a reminder of the beauty that awaits,
beneath the starlit canopy of night.

Written by Elise Eekhout

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