Martians
Oil on Canvas
- 12 x 36 x 1/2
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$800.00 USD
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In a distant corner of the universe, a lone planet orbited around a dimly glowing star. The planet was Mars, a barren and desolate wasteland, devoid of any sign of life. That is, until one day, a strange object landed on its surface.
The object was a rover, sent by humans from Earth to explore the mysteries of Mars. It trundled along the rocky terrain, snapping pictures and collecting samples as it went. And as it turned a corner, it stumbled upon something unexpected.
There, standing before it, were a row of towering stone statues, each one shaped like a giant head. They looked just like the famous Easter Island statues from Earth, but these were different. They were alive.
The Mars Rover beeped and whirred, scanning the area for signs of life. But it could not understand what it was seeing. It assumed that the statues were simply rock formations, and continued on its mission, unaware of the living beings that watched it with curiosity.
Meanwhile, the stone giants looked on with wonder, amazed at the sight of the strange metal creature that had landed on their planet. They had never seen anything like it before, and they could not comprehend its purpose or origin.
As the days turned into weeks, the Mars Rover continued its exploration, and the stone giants watched from a distance, fascinated by this visitor from another world. They could sense that it was something important, something that they should pay attention to.
But try as they might, they could not communicate with the rover. Their language was not one that the metal creature could understand, and its sensors were not designed to pick up the subtle signals that they sent out.
And so, in the end, the Mars Rover eventually stopped moving, or making any sound, all the life went out. The group of bewildered stone giants let it sit in it's place for a further five hundred years or so before they could be convinced that it was no longer alive. That seemed like a pretty respectable amount of time in their world. They slowly moved on from it and left it where it sat.
But as the centuries passed, the stone giants continued to stand watch on their planet, gazing up at the stars above, wondering what other mysteries the universe might hold. And perhaps, somewhere out there, another explorer was looking back at them, just as confused and curious as they were.