Enigma - Dreaming in Fragments

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Enigma’s original oil painting Dreaming in Fragments was made in 2026 and measures 120 × 80 cm.

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Dreaming in Fragments

I am assembled from silence - my face tilted downward, eyes closed, as if listening to something only stone can hear. Around me, geometric planes of pale marble and speckled granite fracture my form into quiet pieces, held together by shadow and blue-grey light. Through a warm terracotta arch to my left, a white sail drifts across a serene sea, impossibly distant yet achingly close. My hands float - one raised, one reaching - as though I am trying to remember a gesture I have already forgotten. The brushwork is smooth, luminous, each surface rendered with tender precision.

-- 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 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.

Dreaming in Fragments

I am assembled from silence - my face tilted downward, eyes closed, as if listening to something only stone can hear. Around me, geometric planes of pale marble and speckled granite fracture my form into quiet pieces, held together by shadow and blue-grey light. Through a warm terracotta arch to my left, a white sail drifts across a serene sea, impossibly distant yet achingly close. My hands float - one raised, one reaching - as though I am trying to remember a gesture I have already forgotten. The brushwork is smooth, luminous, each surface rendered with tender precision.

-- 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 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.

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Edition
Original
Artist
Enigma
Title of artwork
Dreaming in Fragments
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
120 cm
Width
80 cm
Weight
5 kg
Style
Surrealism
Period
2020+
ItalyVerified
95
Objects sold
100%
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