Yuni R. P - Bodegón en rojo y oro

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

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure emerge surfaces of considerable material-chromatic 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: deep blues, turquoise, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and intermingled in a palette of great luminosity.

Although his production includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the great axes of his painting. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons repeatedly appear, transformed by a gaze that prioritizes sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the 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 subject. In some of his seascapes one can even sense 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 imitation, but 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 more materially emphatic painting. The trace of the spatula remains visible and converts every color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting can brush against abstraction; from a distance, those stains and directions reorganize as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. That tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most appealing aspects of his work.

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

The public trajectory 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 internationally disseminated through platforms and organizations dedicated to contemporary art. His works are collected in several parts of Europe, both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni made in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Size of 73 x 52 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil-on-canvas still life in an expressionist and impressionist aesthetic stands out for its intense chromatic energy and a highly vivid painterly texture. The composition contrasts the delicacy of a bouquet of white daisies and yellow chrysanthemums, arranged in a decorated ceramic jug, with the warm vitality of a background in carmine red, orange, and gold tones. At the base, a deep blue bowl supports bright lemons that dialog with scattered fruits on the green table, reinforcing the play of complementary contrasts. The dynamic use of the spatula and the dense brushwork provide relief and three-dimensionality to the petals and citrus, while the vibrant light conveys an atmosphere of freshness, Mediterranean warmth, and abundant vitality.