To the Land of Silence (2025) — Original Symbolist Painting by Jolanta Talaikiene
An invisible shepherd guides our floating lives through silence.
To the Land of Silence is a 2025 original acrylic painting on canvas by Jolanta Talaikiene, a Lithuanian-American symbolist painter based in New Jersey. Measuring 30 × 24 inches (76.2 × 61 cm), it shows a hooded being in a horned, seahorse-like mask, followed by a shoal of fish that carry tiny windows, suspended among bubbles between water and earth.
The story behind the painting
“This painting is an expression of dreamlike isolation and inner transformation. The being seems to rise from the subconscious, half human and half animal, and its ritual mask protects it from the world. The long horns are pagan energy and a connection to instinct, nature and the subconscious.”
“The fish are floating homes: lives in motion that follow the being like thoughts or emotions that cannot be stopped. The being in its seahorse mask is an invisible shepherd, guiding our lives through eternal infinity.”
Symbols in To the Land of Silence
The ritual mask: protection from the world
The horns: pagan energy, instinct and nature
The fish with windows: floating homes, lives in motion
The bubbles: fragility, impermanence and quiet fading
Details
Acrylic on canvas · 30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm) · 2025 · Signed by the artist · Certificate of authenticity
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Available · $9,800, insured shipping included. Private viewings at the artist's studio in New Jersey, near New York City, or by video walkthrough.
Every work is painted entirely by hand by the artist. No AI is used at any stage.