yamila velazquez - “La lectora del estanque encantado”:

About the work:
The piece presented is part of a limited edition of 5 units worldwide, digitally produced and hand-signed by the artist. Each print is unique within its series, guaranteeing its exclusivity and authenticity. On the back are included all pertinent data of the work, numbering and signature.
Total dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Material: High-quality professional 100% cotton canvas, maximum resistance to handling and external agents from Eco Canvas Roma Glossy, Satin. We guarantee a durable product with strong visual quality.
Technique: Giclée print, renowned for its precision and lasting quality.

Certificate of authenticity:
If the buyer desires, the artist can provide a certificate of authenticity. This must be requested explicitly at the time of purchase.

About the artist:
Yamila Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1993) is a contemporary artist who uses digital intelligence tools, currently living and working in Alicante, Spain. Owner and partner of a company dedicated to the sale, representation and development of artists and artworks, Velázquez combines her business vision with a deep artistic sensibility.
This young Cuban talent has established herself in the field of digital art, using contemporary media to explore themes related to nature, landscape, and the intimate relationship between the woman and her surroundings. Her works address with subtlety and strong visual force topics such as beauty, love, sensuality, and feminine delicacy, always framed in enveloping, romantic, and refined atmospheres.
With a vibrant and expressive aesthetics, Yamila Velázquez manages to fuse classical influences with a modern language, resulting in versatile, fresh, and deeply evocative works. The painterly texture of her images, the masterful use of color, and the emotionally balanced composition position her work as a current artistic proposal of high aesthetic value.

Shipping and presentation:
The work will be carefully packed by a professional and shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, internally protected with bubble wrap to ensure its integrity during transport. Shipments are made through reliable courier companies such as UPS, FedEx, or Correos Spain, depending on the destination and the most convenient option in each case.
The estimated delivery time is 7 to 10 days, though it may vary depending on the destination country.

In this delicate giclée print we are presented with a scene that seems drawn from a fairy tale or an idealized memory of everlasting summer. The female figure, dressed in a white dress with pinkish tones and crowned with a garland of flowers, sits serenely on a rock beside a pond. In her hands she holds an open book, in an intimate and silent gesture that transforms the act of reading into a ceremony of communion with nature.

The setting overflows with lyricism: wildflowers grow freely at the edge, and the water reflects the sky and the golden lights of the sunset. The chromatic composition is a visual ode to romanticism: deep blues, golden touches, pinks and whites that blend as if the whole world were bathed in a dreamlike filter. It is the light, carefully worked, that gives life to this scene: it rests softly on the young woman’s back, on her dress, on the water’s surface, and among the flowers, creating an enveloping atmosphere that invites contemplation.

This work does not simply depict a young woman reading: it represents the value of stopped time, the moment consecrated to beauty and introspection. The absence of a visible face in the figure enhances the universality of the scene: the reader could be any of us. Her posture is serene, and although her surroundings are lush, the center of her world lies between the pages she holds.

The painting technique, which simulates oil applied with loose, gestural brushstrokes, provides rich and enveloping texture. The reflections on the water are built with a sensitivity that evokes Impressionist tradition, but the clarity of the floral details and the dress also recalls the canons of poetic realism. The image thus becomes a crossroads between classical and contemporary art, between emotive figuration and the sensorial freedom of landscape.

Through this high-quality giclée, the viewer not only contemplates but enters the scene. It is an invitation to remember those places where imagination blossoms in contact with nature. While hanging indoors, this piece becomes a portal to a universe of calm, poetry, and light.

This work, ideal for collectors and lovers of figurative art with emotional charge, is presented as a visual jewel for Catawiki. Its evocative character and refined technique ensure that it is not merely a decorative image, but a visual and emotional experience for those who own it.