Enigma - The Half I Left Behind






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Enigma, the Italian surrealist artist, presents an original oil painting titled The Half I Left Behind (2026), measuring 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm, hand-stretched on a wooden chassis, unframed with painted edges, in excellent condition, hand-signed on the reverse with the title and year, and accompanied by a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity, sold direct from the artist.
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The Half I Left Behind
I stand at the threshold where blank silence meets a world I once knew - a teal shore pooled with scarlet wounds, a city stacked like forgotten thoughts beneath a clock-faced moon. My silver hair spills into that painted elsewhere, my dark skirts bleeding into the water's edge, yet half of me remains pressed against emptiness, undefined. The brushwork is smooth yet restless, colours bold and aching. I am both witness and canvas, split between what was and what I cannot name.
-- Dimensions: 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm
-- Mounting: Professionally hand-stretched on a wooden chassis.
-- Framing: None (no external frame); painted edges ready for display.
-- Medium: Premium artists' oil colors on fine canvas.
-- Style: Psychological Surrealism with a smooth brush texture.
-- Authentication: Signed 'Enigma' on reverse with title and year.
-- Condition: Pristine; dispatched from studio-affiliated workshop.
-- COA: Hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
-- Shipping: Custom protective packaging; Catawiki Smart Shipping with full tracking and insurance.
EU SHIPPING ONLY - orders from non-EU countries will be cancelled!
Background and room setting created with AI / photo editing for illustration purposes only.
The painting is an original artwork hand-painted by the artist.
About the Artist
Enigma is an Italian surrealist working across dream, disruption, and wit - never settling into one mood or one way of seeing. Some paintings are quiet and symbolic, others catch a moment coming apart mid-motion, others turn a playful, knowing eye on art history itself. What unites the work isn't a single style but a single instinct: reality treated as something soft enough to bend, fracture, or reimagine - rendered always in smooth, luminous brushwork and bold, contrasting color. Every canvas is one of a kind, never repeated.
The Half I Left Behind
I stand at the threshold where blank silence meets a world I once knew - a teal shore pooled with scarlet wounds, a city stacked like forgotten thoughts beneath a clock-faced moon. My silver hair spills into that painted elsewhere, my dark skirts bleeding into the water's edge, yet half of me remains pressed against emptiness, undefined. The brushwork is smooth yet restless, colours bold and aching. I am both witness and canvas, split between what was and what I cannot name.
-- Dimensions: 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm
-- Mounting: Professionally hand-stretched on a wooden chassis.
-- Framing: None (no external frame); painted edges ready for display.
-- Medium: Premium artists' oil colors on fine canvas.
-- Style: Psychological Surrealism with a smooth brush texture.
-- Authentication: Signed 'Enigma' on reverse with title and year.
-- Condition: Pristine; dispatched from studio-affiliated workshop.
-- COA: Hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
-- Shipping: Custom protective packaging; Catawiki Smart Shipping with full tracking and insurance.
EU SHIPPING ONLY - orders from non-EU countries will be cancelled!
Background and room setting created with AI / photo editing for illustration purposes only.
The painting is an original artwork hand-painted by the artist.
About the Artist
Enigma is an Italian surrealist working across dream, disruption, and wit - never settling into one mood or one way of seeing. Some paintings are quiet and symbolic, others catch a moment coming apart mid-motion, others turn a playful, knowing eye on art history itself. What unites the work isn't a single style but a single instinct: reality treated as something soft enough to bend, fracture, or reimagine - rendered always in smooth, luminous brushwork and bold, contrasting color. Every canvas is one of a kind, never repeated.
