Alcol 2 Original Oil Painting by Enrico Brunati

In "alcol 2", the series dedicated to introspection and the theme of solitude brings the viewer closer, as if to capture the subject’s altered gaze and blurred perception. Moving away from the rigid monumentality of the first chapter, the figure here leans forward, resting heavily against the counter in a moment of weariness or surrender to the haze of alcohol. The palette remains strictly loyal to shades of blue and white, but the brushwork becomes softer, more blended, and doughy.
The compositional elements deepen the psychological narrative: the face and the gaze compared to the other pieces in the series, the facial features here are more dissolved and indefinite, subtly suggesting a loss of mental clarity. The asymmetrical, melancholically veiled eyes no longer stare into a void or past the viewer; instead, they cast downward, lost in a hazy thought or an interrupted interior monologue.
The hand and the glass: In the foreground, a heavy, knobby hand tightly grips a short glass. It is a gesture of anchoring the action of someone holding onto the only steady point in the room. The glass is no longer a distant object but in direct, urgent physical contact with the subject.
The bottle in the background: Positioned to the left and isolated within the white negative space of the canvas, the bottle stands like a silent shadow. Its minimalist, enigmatic presence defines the setting and contextualizes the figure's state of being.
The overall effect of "alcol 2" is one of vulnerable, cinematic intimacy. While the first chapter captured static loneliness and the third represented an iconic assimilation, this second painting portrays the intermediate phase: the exact moment the mind begins to cloud, the edges of the world soften, and the weight of existence is unloaded onto the counter, alongside the glass.

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 28 x 35 x 4cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: People and portraits