Yuni R. P. (XXI) - Nave Imponente al Atardecer - XL

The painting by YUNI R. P. 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 in which color is not limited to describing the image: it acquires volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through broad and decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This characteristic constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoise, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and intermingled in a very 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 appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges 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: the capture of 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 radiance of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows transform the marine surface into a space of light. It is not about imitation, but about 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 each color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting may approach abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize themselves as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. That tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most attractive aspects of his work.

Photographs can barely transmit this character fully. 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 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 view of the landscape.

The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and collective 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 places in Europe both at the private and institutional levels.

Artwork by the artist Yuni made in the technique oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Dimensions 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This majestic maritime oil painting on canvas is framed within expressionist-impressionism, standing out for a vibrant spatula work that generates a marked relief and a rich tactile texture in the impasto. The composition places as central protagonist a imposing vessel with round rigging that breaks the waves with force, flanked by small sails in the distance over an open horizon. The color palette unfolds a dazzling lyrical symphony by contrasting the agitation of the water in deep ultramarine blues and turquoises with the warmth of the sky, where yellows, oranges, pinks, and violets merge, achieving a masterful capture of the wind’s dynamism and the sublime atmosphere of a sea voyage at sunset.