Yuni R. P - Ecos de Girasol

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and dispensing with 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 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 partly 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 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 major axes of his painting. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons repeatedly appear, 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 imagery.

Formally, his work dialogues with certain principles of impressionism and post-impressionism: capturing changing light, chromatic fragmentation, and the intention to convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the motif. In some of his seascapes, there can even be perceived an affinity with the luminist tradition of Joaquín Sorolla, particularly in the interest in the radiance of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows turn 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 more materially emphatic painting. The trace of the spatula remains visible and turns each color plane into a small structure. Close up, the painting can approach abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize 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 hardly fully convey this character. 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 by a deeply optimistic view of the landscape.

Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña's public trajectory includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and his work’s presence 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 locations in Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Dimension: 73 x 53 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil-on-canvas still life stands out for a vibrant still life of sunflowers, resolved through an expressive impasto technique with a spatula that adds great texture and volume. The composition centers on a vase holding radiant flowers, where the warm and golden yellows of the petals contrast dynamically with brushstrokes of violets, purples, and neutral tones in the background. The spontaneity of the stroke and the intensity of the palette recall Vincent van Gogh’s post-impressionist style, achieving a atmosphere full of energy, light, and emotional dynamism through the handling of painting material.