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Sonny Insinna’s original 2026 work Travel – The Bull is an oil and mixed-media painting depicting a bull, measuring 50 × 40 cm and signed by hand.
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Travel – The Bull
Sonny Insinna
With Travel – The Bull, Sonny Insinna continues his artistic research within the Travel series, a body of work in which animals become protagonists and means of communication, carrying messages about the relationship between humanity, nature, freedom, and survival.
In this work, the bull emerges with an imposing and intense presence. Its gaze and posture convey strength, but also a profound tension, as if the animal were aware of the precariousness of the world surrounding it.
Traditionally associated with power, strength, and endurance, the bull is represented here through a more vulnerable dimension. Its powerful physical presence contrasts with an unstable pictorial environment, crossed by washes, transparencies, and expressive gestures.
It is precisely within this contrast that the meaning of the work emerges:
even what appears strongest can be fragile.
Through the animals of the Travel series, Insinna creates a kind of universal language. The animals are not merely naturalistic subjects; they become metaphors for the human condition and for the need to find balance in an increasingly compromised world.
The bull seems to move toward the viewer, yet its movement remains suspended between energy and unease. The painterly marks crossing its body become traces of an unstable reality, while the free, gestural use of colour suggests an environment in constant transformation.
The technique combines oil, inks, and charcoal, allowing the artist to move between precise figurative representation and expressive contemporary gesture. The anatomical study of the bull coexists with instinctive and spontaneous interventions, creating a vibrant and dynamic surface.
As in the other works of the Travel series, the animal becomes a silent voice.
A voice that speaks about us.
Artwork Details
Title: Travel – The Bull
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Technique: Oil, inks and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 40 cm
Support: Stretched canvas
Artwork: Unique original
Condition
Excellent condition. The artwork is already stretched and mounted on a wooden frame, ready for display.
Authenticity
Original one-of-a-kind artwork, entirely handmade by the artist.
The artwork is supplied with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Travel – The Bull belongs to Sonny Insinna's ongoing Travel project, in which animals are used as protagonists of a broader symbolic narrative.
Each animal becomes a messenger: through its body, gaze, and position within the composition, the artist explores universal themes such as freedom, fragility, survival, the relationship with nature, and humanity's responsibility toward the world we inhabit.
The work can therefore be viewed not only as a figurative painting, but also as a chapter within a larger and coherent artistic research project, making it particularly interesting for collectors wishing to build a collection dedicated to the Travel series.
Seller's Story
Active since 1998, Sonny Insinna trained at the Almeyda Art High School and earned a degree in Painting (First and Second Level) from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo. His works are in public collections and museums,
He has exhibited in numerous institutional contexts in Italy and abroad. In 2011 he founded the Libera Scuola delle Arti Visive “Mialò Art.” In 2024 he published the manual Colors in Equilibrio.
For years he has focused his research on the languages of contemporary art, with particular attention to figuration and the symbolic dimension.
Translated by Google TranslateTravel – The Bull
Sonny Insinna
With Travel – The Bull, Sonny Insinna continues his artistic research within the Travel series, a body of work in which animals become protagonists and means of communication, carrying messages about the relationship between humanity, nature, freedom, and survival.
In this work, the bull emerges with an imposing and intense presence. Its gaze and posture convey strength, but also a profound tension, as if the animal were aware of the precariousness of the world surrounding it.
Traditionally associated with power, strength, and endurance, the bull is represented here through a more vulnerable dimension. Its powerful physical presence contrasts with an unstable pictorial environment, crossed by washes, transparencies, and expressive gestures.
It is precisely within this contrast that the meaning of the work emerges:
even what appears strongest can be fragile.
Through the animals of the Travel series, Insinna creates a kind of universal language. The animals are not merely naturalistic subjects; they become metaphors for the human condition and for the need to find balance in an increasingly compromised world.
The bull seems to move toward the viewer, yet its movement remains suspended between energy and unease. The painterly marks crossing its body become traces of an unstable reality, while the free, gestural use of colour suggests an environment in constant transformation.
The technique combines oil, inks, and charcoal, allowing the artist to move between precise figurative representation and expressive contemporary gesture. The anatomical study of the bull coexists with instinctive and spontaneous interventions, creating a vibrant and dynamic surface.
As in the other works of the Travel series, the animal becomes a silent voice.
A voice that speaks about us.
Artwork Details
Title: Travel – The Bull
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Technique: Oil, inks and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 40 cm
Support: Stretched canvas
Artwork: Unique original
Condition
Excellent condition. The artwork is already stretched and mounted on a wooden frame, ready for display.
Authenticity
Original one-of-a-kind artwork, entirely handmade by the artist.
The artwork is supplied with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Travel – The Bull belongs to Sonny Insinna's ongoing Travel project, in which animals are used as protagonists of a broader symbolic narrative.
Each animal becomes a messenger: through its body, gaze, and position within the composition, the artist explores universal themes such as freedom, fragility, survival, the relationship with nature, and humanity's responsibility toward the world we inhabit.
The work can therefore be viewed not only as a figurative painting, but also as a chapter within a larger and coherent artistic research project, making it particularly interesting for collectors wishing to build a collection dedicated to the Travel series.
Seller's Story
Active since 1998, Sonny Insinna trained at the Almeyda Art High School and earned a degree in Painting (First and Second Level) from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo. His works are in public collections and museums,
He has exhibited in numerous institutional contexts in Italy and abroad. In 2011 he founded the Libera Scuola delle Arti Visive “Mialò Art.” In 2024 he published the manual Colors in Equilibrio.
For years he has focused his research on the languages of contemporary art, with particular attention to figuration and the symbolic dimension.
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Edition
Original
Artist
Sonny Insinna
Title of artwork
Travel – The Bull
Technique
Mixed technique, Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Good condition
Height
40 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
3 kg
Depiction/theme
Animals
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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