Yuni R. P - "Oasis de Color"

The painting by YUNI R. P. is built from a direct and physical relation with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and discarding the brush in favor of the spatula, the artist develops a painted 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 and decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-choric richness, where the colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This feature constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: deep blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and intermingled in a very luminous palette.

Although his production includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the main axes of his painting. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that favors sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the daily proximity to the coastal landscape thus 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 subject. In some of his seascapes, one can even sense an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla’s luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the glare of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows turn the marine surface into a space of light. It is not a matter of imitation, but of 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 mark of the spatula remains visible and turns every color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting can approach abstraction; from a distance, those specks 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 barely convey this character fully. 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 a 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.

The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and the 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 parts of Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni made in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Dimensions: 73 x 53 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil on canvas painting is a serene and imposing coastal landscape in an impressionist and expressionist style, characterized by a rich application of texture and a vibrant chromatic contrast. The foreground is dominated by a dazzling and dense meadow of stylized flowers in magenta, carmine, and pink, speckled with subtle brushstrokes in white, blue, and yellow that provide visual rhythm and material relief. Beyond the floral tapestry, a strip of green vegetation and a blue channel guide the gaze toward a tranquil body of water, where a small sailboat glides placidly near the opposite shore. The background consists of gentle hills and small rural buildings under a bright sky that combines turquoise tones and yellow flashes, enveloping the scene in a warm and expansive atmosphere that conveys peace and natural vitality.