The Basilisk on the Orbital Station

An intense oil painting of a basilisk perched inside a futuristic space station. The serpentine creature has iridescent, scale‑armor skin, a regal crest, and amber‑glow eyes. It coils along a chrome handrail in a dim corridor lit by warm amber and cool blue station lights. A large viewport reveals a starry expanse and a distant nebula; panel-lit consoles and hanging cables create a detailed sci‑fi interior. Thick impasto brushstrokes and visible canvas texture give a painterly, dreamlike quality. Astronauts drift in zero gravity in the background, blurred by motion, while the basilisk’s gaze hints at petrifying power without graphic violence. The scene fuses myth and futurism, with Rembrandt‑like lighting and space‑age detail.