Enigma - Before the Red Door

Antes da Porta Vermelha

I stand at the threshold of myself, lips parted, pressing red against red, while the mirror holds a version of me draped in teal shadow and quiet longing. My white skirt spills across the pale floor like something unravelling, voluminous and weightless all at once. Behind me, teal-washed walls loom in loose, architectural brushstrokes, their cool geometry pressing close. The red door fractures the space - bold, warm, almost violent against the cold. I am two women: one bathed in light, one swallowed by reflection.

-- 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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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.