Trappole di luci (2025)Oil painting by Antonino Puliafico

Title: Reflections of the Hidden City

Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 115 × 100 cm
Style: Contemporary impressionism / expressive abstraction
Technique: Palette knife, impasto
Orientation: Portrait
Original: Yes — one-of-a-kind artwork

Description
Reflections of the Hidden City explores the relationship between architecture, vegetation, and water through a vibrant interplay of color and texture.

The painting suggests an abstract urban landscape where fragments of buildings, terraces, and foliage appear suspended between reality and reflection. Executed entirely with a palette knife, the thick oil layers create a dynamic surface that captures light and movement across the canvas.

Warm earthy tones and luminous blues interact to evoke the sensation of a city mirrored in water, where structure dissolves into rhythm and color. From a distance the composition reads as a lively urban panorama; up close it becomes a powerful network of expressive strokes and tactile layers.

This work invites the viewer to wander through a poetic environment where nature and architecture merge into a single flowing landscape.

Materials
Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on gesso-primed cotton canvas.

Framing
Unframed — painted edges, ready to hang.

Shipping
Carefully packed and shipped worldwide with tracking and insurance.

Materials used:

Professional DI VOLO oil colors applied with palette knife on Gesso-primed cotton canvas for maximum adhesion, stability, and impasto durability.

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 100 x 115 x 2cm
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative

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