Yuni R. P - Calma en la bahía

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 acquires volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and superimpose the oil by means of broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material and chromatic wealth, where the colors stay partly on the canvas without entirely losing their individuality. This feature is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds and whites appear confronted and intermingled in a highly luminous palette.

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. Sailboats, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons repeatedly appear, transformed by a gaze that favors 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 subject. In some of his seascapes one can even sense an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla's luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the splendor 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 imprint of the spatula remains visible and turns every plane of color 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 light incidence impart to the works a presence and a depth that exceed the two-dimensional image. The result is an immediate, vital, and recognizable painting, characterized by a strong chromatic energy and by a deeply optimistic view 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 various places in Europe, both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the oil-on-canvas technique of high-quality professional grade.
Dimension 73 x 52 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil on canvas marina represents a serene coastal scene dominated by a multitude of sailing ships and vessels anchored on crystal-clear waters. With a marked influence of Impressionism, the work stands out for its loose brushwork and rich impasto, allowing capture of the constant swaying of the water and the glints of sunlight reflected on the marine surface. The composition skillfully balances the main boat in the middle ground with the depth of the coastal horizon, while a luminous palette of blues, turquoises, and whites evokes an atmosphere of calm, freshness, and maritime freedom.