Enigma - Wine, Flowers & the Cat

Wine, Flowers & the Cat

I sit at the edge of something I cannot name, a glass of dark wine balanced between my fingers and a world that has quietly rearranged itself around me. A tuxedo cat holds my gaze with calm, ancient knowing, while red blooms lean from their pale vase like whispered confessions. The background fractures into planes of deep green and burning red, geometry softening into dream. My expression offers nothing - only that half-smile, luminous and withheld. The brushwork is smooth, almost glassy, yet the colours press close, vivid and unrelenting.

-- Dimensions: 100 x 75 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 via UPS, tracked & insured

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.