El Último Centauro - PERFIL DE BRASA

EMBER PROFILE

Portrait of a chestnut horse, in profile, with the head turned to the left and ears pricked. A white blaze runs across the forehead and the muzzle and catches the light on the dark coat of the face. The neck and back, with reddish and coppery highlights, are rendered with broad and fluid brushstrokes that model a powerful musculature, while the gaze, attentive and serene, concentrates the viewer's attention on the painting.

Behind the head opens a large disk of imitation gold metal sheet, like a sun, which frames the figure and underscores the warmth of the coat. To the left, the background becomes a textured surface of ochres, creams and golds, surrounded by an ornamental border of dark-toned vegetal motifs. To the right, vertical black bands with light foliar silhouettes alternate with bands of imitation gold leaf. The composition contrasts the animal's naturalism with a flat, decorative and almost textile background, and makes the horse seem to emerge from a tapestry. The imitation metallic sheet adds brightness and texture without resorting to genuine gold.

The piece belongs to the “Bestiario” line of El Último Centauro, dedicated to the portrait of horses, bulls and other creatures, with attention to their presence and their symbolic charge.

TECHNICAL DATA
- Artist: Luis González Rodríguez (El Último Centauro)
- Technique: oil and sheets of imitation gold leaf on canvas
- Dimensions: 50 x 60 cm (height x width)
- Year: 2026
- Signature: signed with the initials "UC" (initials of the artistic pseudonym El Último Centauro) and dated "26"
- Original and unique work, entirely handmade
- Delivered with certificate of authenticity
- Shipped in a professional rigid tube, without stretcher

ABOUT THE ARTIST
El Último Centauro is the artistic pseudonym of Luis González Rodríguez, under which he develops a body of work focused on animal figures, expressive realism and symbolism. He trained as a Bachelor of Plastic Arts at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts of Las Tunas (2008-2012) and earned a degree in Visual Arts at the University of the Arts of Cuba, ISA (2013-2018). He was designer and photographer at ISA (2018-2022) and design professor in its Restoration Faculty (2018-2019). He has been a member of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz since 2015 and of UNEAC since 2022.

Among his solo exhibitions are “The Last Ashes” (UNEAC, Las Tunas, 2025), “Instincts” (Las Tunas, 2023), “Dimensions of Presence” (AHS, 2022), “Trance” (AHS, 2020) and “The Grand Salon” (Escena Estudio, Havana, 2018). He has participated in group shows such as “After dark, the party begins” (AHS, 2025), “State of Spirit” (Pabellón Cuba, Havana, 2022), “Warning Painting” (ISA, in the framework of the 13th Havana Biennial, 2019), the 7th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon (Havana Vieja, 2017) and “Misen en scene” (ISA, in the framework of the 12th Havana Biennial, 2015).