Yuni R. P. (XXI) - Solsticio en Carmesí

YUNI R. P.'s painting is constructed from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and eschewing the brush in favor of the spatula, the artist develops a pictorial surface in which color is not limited to describing the image: it gains volume, direction, and motion.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and overlay the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-cromatic richness, where the colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This characteristic is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and interwoven in a palette of great luminosity.

Although his oeuvre includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the main axes of his painting. Sailboats, ports, shores, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and daily proximity to the coastal landscape thus find a natural reflection in his imagination.

Formally, his work dialogues with certain principles of impressionism and post-impressionism: capturing changing light, chromatic fragmentation, and the will to convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the motif. In some of his seascapes one can even perceive an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla's luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the glare of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows turn the marine surface into a space of light. It is not a matter of imitation, but of an affinity within a long tradition of artists fascinated by the relationship between sea, color, and luminosity.

However, YUNI R. P. takes that tradition toward a painting that is more materially emphatic. The imprint of the spatula remains visible and turns every color plane into a small structure. Seen up close, the painting may approach abstraction; viewed from a distance, those stains and directions reassemble as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. This tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most appealing aspects of his work.

Photographs can barely convey this character completely. In front of the canvas, the relief of the oil and the changes produced by incoming light give the works a presence and depth that exceed the two-dimensional image. The result is an immediate, vital, and recognizable painting, characterized by strong chromatic energy and by a deeply optimistic vision of the landscape.

The public career of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and the presence of his work in international private collections. His work has also been disseminated internationally through platforms and organizations dedicated to contemporary art. His works are collected in several places in Europe, both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni, executed in oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Dimension 53 x 73 cm.
Original edition.
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This vibrant oil-on-canvas painting is a masterful example of contemporary landscape impressionism, where the loose brushwork technique and the impasto application of paint give the composition a tactile texture and palpable energy. The work presents a low-angle perspective, immersing the viewer in a lush, saturated foreground of red poppy fields that extend to the horizon, achieving a chromatic gradient from the darkest, deepest reds at the base to bright carmine and magenta toward the horizon. In the mid-ground, the composition is balanced by two bushes in an intense fuchsia color flanking a field of yellow and golden wheat, while a row of cypress trees and dark-green foliage guides the eye toward a backdrop of rugged mountains bathed in the soft light of a dawn or dusk that dissolves the clouds in a radiant blue sky. The complementary color palette—the reds and greens, along with the yellows and blues—and the play of light contrasts manage to capture not only the scenic beauty of a rural landscape but also the emotion and vitality of the moment, offering a dynamic and enveloping visual experience.