In this view of the Island of St. Michael, Venice, Bruno Capolongo presents the small church and enclosing wall as a luminous, almost dreamlike presence rising directly from the lagoon. The pale yellow facade catches the light and glows against the dark screen of trees behind it, while the cool blue-green water fills most of the composition with shimmering reflections. In the foreground, a solitary rower in a black boat introduces a note of quiet human scale, emphasizing the stillness and distance of the island beyond.

The painting is built on a striking contrast between warmth and coolness: the sunlit ochres and creams of the architecture play against the expansive turquoise, teal, and deep blue of the water. Capolongo simplifies the forms of the church into elegant geometric shapes, giving the scene a calm, timeless order, while the broken, flickering brushwork in the lagoon keeps the surface alive with movement. The result is both serene and slightly mysterious, capturing Venice not as a busy city but as a place of silence, reflection, and suspended light.