Oil Painting of Ice-Crystal Ruins in a Lost City

An atmospheric oil painting on canvas depicting a lost city buried beneath ice. Massive ruined temples, crumbling archways, and carved friezes loom from glimmering frost. Ice crystals cling to marble columns and stone statues; light refracts through crystal structures, scattering prisms across a snow-laden plaza. A frozen river winds between the ruins; snow drifts over stairways and a domed temple that hints at ancient civilizations. Thick oil brushstrokes and heavy impasto render textured frost, weathered stone, and carved detail. A cold palette of ultramarine, cobalt, indigo, and titanium white with warm amber light filtering through cracks illuminates dust motes. Dramatic chiaroscuro and Romantic, painterly atmosphere evoke mystery and awe in a city forgotten by time.