Enigma - The Tide Waits for No One

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Enigma's original oil painting The Tide Waits for No One, a 2026 surrealist work from Italy, measures 80 by 120 cm (2.5 cm deep), is hand signed on the reverse with the title and year, and is in excellent condition as a one‑of‑a‑kind work with no framing.

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The Tide Waits for No One

I stand at the threshold between inside and out, my silver hair falling still while the sea churns restless behind me. The world fractures here - teal water bleeds into geometric shadow, and a burning orange horizon tears open the grey. My dress dissolves into the waves as if I am already leaving, or never fully arrived. Two empty glasses wait on a table beside a bottle no one has opened. Across the divide, a sofa sits abandoned beneath a red void. Bold, loose brushwork holds everything just soft enough to doubt.

-- Dimensions: 80 x 120 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.

UK SHIPPING NOT AVAILABLE. we cannot ship to the United Kingdom, as parcels are too often lost or returned.

Presentation images: the room settings in the presentation images are digitally created for display purposes and are not part of the artwork. The artwork is a one-of-a-kind painting on canvas, painted entirely by hand.

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 Tide Waits for No One

I stand at the threshold between inside and out, my silver hair falling still while the sea churns restless behind me. The world fractures here - teal water bleeds into geometric shadow, and a burning orange horizon tears open the grey. My dress dissolves into the waves as if I am already leaving, or never fully arrived. Two empty glasses wait on a table beside a bottle no one has opened. Across the divide, a sofa sits abandoned beneath a red void. Bold, loose brushwork holds everything just soft enough to doubt.

-- Dimensions: 80 x 120 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.

UK SHIPPING NOT AVAILABLE. we cannot ship to the United Kingdom, as parcels are too often lost or returned.

Presentation images: the room settings in the presentation images are digitally created for display purposes and are not part of the artwork. The artwork is a one-of-a-kind painting on canvas, painted entirely by hand.

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.

Details

Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Artist
Enigma
Title of artwork
The Tide Waits for No One
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
80 cm
Width
120 cm
Weight
5 kg
Style
Surrealism
Period
2020+
ItalyVerified
81
Objects sold
100%
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