Enigma - The Hour Before Leaving

L'heure avant le départ

I stand in the open doorway where inside dissolves into sky, clouds drifting behind me as though the world forgot its walls. My black dress absorbs the light; my boots root me to a floor that burns red beneath my feet. Beside me, my cat watches with pale, startled eyes, keeping vigil I cannot name. Above, a clock marks a moment I refuse to read. The brushwork is smooth, luminous, each edge precise yet tender, colours bold and strange. I am waiting, though I no longer remember for what.

-- 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 with full tracking and insurance.
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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.