Traveler and the Swan (2025)Oil painting by Nikolina Petolas

“You always carry it, don’t you?” the traveler asked.
“Who?” the Swan replied.
“The heart that wanders, the one left behind by the world.”
“Sometimes it drifts too far, lost even to memory,” the Swan’s voice faded.
“And now… what becomes of it?”
“It sleeps, dreaming of a world that forgot it.”
The boat glided on.
The lake held the silence.

✦ Blue Pear Saga ~ Chronicle 16 ✦



This painting is part of an ongoing series I began in 2013, exploring themes of wonder and belonging, transformation, and mystery.
This series is a quest - a search for spirit and identity, for a lost heart. The creatures that inhabit it are not merely animals. They are ancestors, storytellers, emblems of relationships lost and found. They act in allegory and play with irony. Sometimes they make us laugh. Sometimes they carry sorrow.

This work is shipped in a custom crate for secure transport.

This work is shipped in a custom crate for secure transport.
The artwork is signed on the front and on the back.

Materials used:

Oils

Details:

• Oil painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 44.5 x 44.5 x 2cm (framed)
• This artwork is sold framed
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds

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