Yuni R. P - Vientos de Oropel

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 arise surfaces of considerable material-kinetic richness, where colors lie partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This feature constitutes 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. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons recur, 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 there is even a noticeable affinity with Joaquín Sorolla’s luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the gleam of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows convert the marine surface into a space of light. It is not 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 spatula’s imprint remains visible and turns every color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting can approach abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize into sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. That 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 light incidence 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 a deeply optimistic vision of the landscape.

The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and collective exhibitions in Cuba and presence of his work in international private collections. His work has also been disseminated internationally through platforms and organizations devoted to contemporary art. His works are collected in various parts of Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni executed in oil on high-quality professional canvas. Dimensions: 73 x 52 cm of painting. Original edition.
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This stunning oil-on-canvas marine painting is framed within contemporary expressionism, standing out for its vibrant, spatula-sculpted impasto that gives tangible relief to the entire composition. The work captures the dynamic moment of a regatta at sea, where a flotilla of sailboats leans vigorously on rough turquoise, emerald, and deep blue waves, with clearly defined white foam. The horizon ignites under dramatic crepuscular light dominated by yellows, golds, and violet hues in the sky, creating an atmosphere of energy, speed, and elegant competition against the tireless power of the ocean.