Yuni R. P - XL - Mañana en la costa

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 in which color is not limited to describing the image: it gains volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and overlay the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material- chromatic richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without losing their individuality completely. This characteristic constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: deep blues, turquoise, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced off and interwoven 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 appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that prioritizes sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the daily proximity to the coastal landscape 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 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 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 imprint of the spatula remains visible and turns each plane of color into a small structure. Up close, the painting can verge on abstraction; from a distance, those spots and directions reorganize as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. That tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most attractive aspects of her work.

Photographs can hardly fully convey this character. 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 a deeply optimistic view of the landscape.

The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and a 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 several places in Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the technique oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Dimension: 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil-on-canvas painting is a vibrant landscape with a still-life in a neo-impressionist style that frames an idyllic Mediterranean or lake view through a window. The composition connects interior space with the exterior via a sill where rest a cup of coffee and an elegant blue Delft-style ceramic vase with a lush arrangement of red roses and wildflowers. In the background, the gaze shifts to a bright landscape characterized by green hills, a small country house with a terracotta roof, and a turquoise bay over which several sailboats glide with imponent mountains in the distance. The artist uses a dense brushstroke rich in impasto that adds relief and movement to the vegetation and the water, while the strong contrast between the intense tones of the flowers and the calm of the aquatic surroundings conveys an atmosphere of peace, freshness, and bucolic contemplation.