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Cristian Mesa Velázquez, Danza en la Orilla, 2026, oil on canvas, 62.5 x 42.5 cm, original edition, hand-signed, 100% handmade by the artist, in excellent condition, from Spain, a portrait of a girl, includes certificate of authenticity and ships unframed for maximum transport safety.
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Dance on the Shore
Oil on canvas · 62.5 x 42.5 cm · 2026
A girl, seen from behind and in three-quarters, throws a leg forward right at the edge where the foam recedes, arms open as if seeking the balance of a step more than a game. The gesture has the same frozen quality that interests the artist in the rest of the catalog —an instant of pure movement, captured just before the foot touches the water—, but here resolved with a nearly choreographic lightness that distinguishes it from the harsher energy of earlier pieces.
The blonde hair, tied with small ribbons, is painted with long, loose locks that the wind parts in different directions —a fine, precise brushstroke, in deliberate contrast with everything else—. The white and lilac dress is where the fabric and light become the true secondary theme of the work: folds resolved with broad patches of pale violet and off-white, which capture the dress’s flight in the air without detailing every wrinkle, letting the brushstroke suggest movement instead of copying it.
As in Foam Burst, the wave is the most ambitious technical terrain of the canvas: thick impasto, applied with a heavily loaded brush or spatula, builds a physical surface of whites, greens, and blues that accumulates in real relief on the canvas, especially at the crest breaking to the left. That almost sculptural mass of foam occupies more than half the painting and functions as a visual counterweight to the lightness of the figure —the heaviest pictorial element frames the lightest in the scene.
The horizon, resolved in flat bands of blue-gray and violet, keeps the calm of the sky away from all this activity, letting the eye immediately understand where the true action of the painting lies.
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 62.5 x 42.5 cm
Work 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Ships unframed for maximum transport security
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Las Tunas, Cuba (1994). Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent Exhibition
October 2026 (from the 3rd to the 10th). Collective exhibition Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Education
2013. Intermediate level in Plastic Arts, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas, Cuba.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021. International plastic arts fairs, Germany and France.
2020. International art fairs, Luxembourg and Paris.
2020. Homage exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana, Cuba.
2017. “One in a Hundred,” Rita Longa Sculpture Studio Gallery, Las Tunas, Cuba.
2016. “Air of Cubanness,” itinerant group exhibition, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana, Cuba (reviewed in Arte por Excelencias magazine, no. 32, 2017).
2010-2019. Cubas’ salons and group exhibitions (Havana, Las Tunas, Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila).
Collections
Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Spain.
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 TranslateDance on the Shore
Oil on canvas · 62.5 x 42.5 cm · 2026
A girl, seen from behind and in three-quarters, throws a leg forward right at the edge where the foam recedes, arms open as if seeking the balance of a step more than a game. The gesture has the same frozen quality that interests the artist in the rest of the catalog —an instant of pure movement, captured just before the foot touches the water—, but here resolved with a nearly choreographic lightness that distinguishes it from the harsher energy of earlier pieces.
The blonde hair, tied with small ribbons, is painted with long, loose locks that the wind parts in different directions —a fine, precise brushstroke, in deliberate contrast with everything else—. The white and lilac dress is where the fabric and light become the true secondary theme of the work: folds resolved with broad patches of pale violet and off-white, which capture the dress’s flight in the air without detailing every wrinkle, letting the brushstroke suggest movement instead of copying it.
As in Foam Burst, the wave is the most ambitious technical terrain of the canvas: thick impasto, applied with a heavily loaded brush or spatula, builds a physical surface of whites, greens, and blues that accumulates in real relief on the canvas, especially at the crest breaking to the left. That almost sculptural mass of foam occupies more than half the painting and functions as a visual counterweight to the lightness of the figure —the heaviest pictorial element frames the lightest in the scene.
The horizon, resolved in flat bands of blue-gray and violet, keeps the calm of the sky away from all this activity, letting the eye immediately understand where the true action of the painting lies.
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 62.5 x 42.5 cm
Work 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Ships unframed for maximum transport security
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Las Tunas, Cuba (1994). Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent Exhibition
October 2026 (from the 3rd to the 10th). Collective exhibition Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Education
2013. Intermediate level in Plastic Arts, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas, Cuba.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021. International plastic arts fairs, Germany and France.
2020. International art fairs, Luxembourg and Paris.
2020. Homage exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana, Cuba.
2017. “One in a Hundred,” Rita Longa Sculpture Studio Gallery, Las Tunas, Cuba.
2016. “Air of Cubanness,” itinerant group exhibition, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana, Cuba (reviewed in Arte por Excelencias magazine, no. 32, 2017).
2010-2019. Cubas’ salons and group exhibitions (Havana, Las Tunas, Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila).
Collections
Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Spain.
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
Danza en la Orilla
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2026
Colour
Beige, Blue, Gold, Multicolour, Orange, White, Yellow
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
62.5 cm
Width
42.5 cm
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
