Time-Traveling Goldfish in an Oil Painting Machine

An oil painting of a vivid orange goldfish swimming inside a retro-futuristic time machine. The scene uses thick impasto brushstrokes and warm studio lighting to mimic an Old Masters canvas. The time machine is brass-and-wood, with gears, levers, and a glass viewing chamber through which a swirling time vortex is visible. Bubbles rise as the fish glides, fins trailing, its eyes bright with curiosity. The interior is richly detailed with riveted panels, maps, and a faded clock face, while the outer atmosphere shows cracking varnish and aged textures. The color palette blends golds, ambers, copper, and teal highlights, and the composition centers the goldfish framed by the round glass portal. Overall mood is magical, nostalgic, and surreal, merging classical painting techniques with sci-fi whimsy.