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Cristian Mesa Velazquez, Rendición a la Luz, oil on canvas, 66 x 84 cm, 2025, signed by hand, original edition, Spain, Realism, with certificate of authenticity and sold directly by the artist.
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Rendición a la Luz
Oil on canvas · 66 x 84.5 cm · 2026
The face looks upward, toward the brightness filtering from the surface, with an almost total surrender: there is no tension in the jaw or resistance in the neck, the entire gesture leans toward the light like someone who stops swimming and simply lets themselves be carried. The sunglasses —round, with light frames, sisters of the ones that appear in Double Filter— once again function as a secondary filter over the water’s filter, darkening the eyes exactly at the point where the rest of the face opens more to the light.
The color works at two simultaneous temperatures: the face and neck in cold turquoise, almost mineral, while the shoulders receive a much warmer light —ochres, oranges, golds— that interrupts that chill with the sensation of sun directly on the skin. Around it, the bubbles are painted with short, precise touches of pure white, more dispersed and finer than in pieces like Exhalation, reinforcing calm here rather than turbulence.
It is, within the pair it forms with Double Filter, the calmer version: where that one worked toward the contained restlessness in a nearly theatrical gesture, this one leans toward abandonment and calm — two different ways of using the same visual resource.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measures: 66 x 84.5 cm
Artwork 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped un-stretched for maximum transport security
A valid tracking number is provided to monitor the order’s journey and it typically takes 2-7 days depending on the destination by UPS, FEDEX, and CORREOS EXPRESS
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with the utmost care in a transport tube for maximum protection, and are shipped registered with a tracking code within 3 business days after payment.
Check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damages, keep the damage report for the courier.
Studies
2013- Secondary level in Visual Arts. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
Selected group exhibitions (selection)
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Martian Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs”. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise”. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martian Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Guernica”. AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Plasticity in April”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2016. First Salon of Visual Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey. Cuba.
2016. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba cultural, Havana. Cuba.
2017. Third Edition of the Salon of Visual Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, One of a Hundred, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery. Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. Review of the itinerant collective expo, Aires de Cubanía, Ibero-American and Caribbean Review “Arte por Excelencias” Year VII/No.32/2017/Quarterly. Page: 18.
2018. Salon “Plasticity in April” Provincial Center of the Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2019. Collective Miniature Expo “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” Ciego de Ávila. Cuba.
2019. Collective Expo “Osmosis” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2020. Homage Expo to Anette Delgado, Havana. Cuba.
2020 International Art Fair LUXEMBOURG 2020
2020 International Fair City of Lights Paris 2020
2021 International Art Fair GERMANY 2021
2021 International Fine Arts Fair France 2021
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
Translated by Google TranslateRendición a la Luz
Oil on canvas · 66 x 84.5 cm · 2026
The face looks upward, toward the brightness filtering from the surface, with an almost total surrender: there is no tension in the jaw or resistance in the neck, the entire gesture leans toward the light like someone who stops swimming and simply lets themselves be carried. The sunglasses —round, with light frames, sisters of the ones that appear in Double Filter— once again function as a secondary filter over the water’s filter, darkening the eyes exactly at the point where the rest of the face opens more to the light.
The color works at two simultaneous temperatures: the face and neck in cold turquoise, almost mineral, while the shoulders receive a much warmer light —ochres, oranges, golds— that interrupts that chill with the sensation of sun directly on the skin. Around it, the bubbles are painted with short, precise touches of pure white, more dispersed and finer than in pieces like Exhalation, reinforcing calm here rather than turbulence.
It is, within the pair it forms with Double Filter, the calmer version: where that one worked toward the contained restlessness in a nearly theatrical gesture, this one leans toward abandonment and calm — two different ways of using the same visual resource.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measures: 66 x 84.5 cm
Artwork 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped un-stretched for maximum transport security
A valid tracking number is provided to monitor the order’s journey and it typically takes 2-7 days depending on the destination by UPS, FEDEX, and CORREOS EXPRESS
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with the utmost care in a transport tube for maximum protection, and are shipped registered with a tracking code within 3 business days after payment.
Check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damages, keep the damage report for the courier.
Studies
2013- Secondary level in Visual Arts. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
Selected group exhibitions (selection)
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Martian Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs”. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise”. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martian Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Guernica”. AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Plasticity in April”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2016. First Salon of Visual Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey. Cuba.
2016. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba cultural, Havana. Cuba.
2017. Third Edition of the Salon of Visual Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, One of a Hundred, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery. Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. Review of the itinerant collective expo, Aires de Cubanía, Ibero-American and Caribbean Review “Arte por Excelencias” Year VII/No.32/2017/Quarterly. Page: 18.
2018. Salon “Plasticity in April” Provincial Center of the Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2019. Collective Miniature Expo “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” Ciego de Ávila. Cuba.
2019. Collective Expo “Osmosis” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2020. Homage Expo to Anette Delgado, Havana. Cuba.
2020 International Art Fair LUXEMBOURG 2020
2020 International Fair City of Lights Paris 2020
2021 International Art Fair GERMANY 2021
2021 International Fine Arts Fair France 2021
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
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Edition
Original
Artist
Cristian Mesa Velazquez
Title of artwork
Rendición a la Luz
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
66 cm
Width
84 cm
Style
Realism
Period
2020+
