Yuni R. P - "Ecos del Valle"

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and dispensing with the brush in favor of the spatula, the artist develops a pictorial surface where 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, decisive gestures. From this procedure emerge surfaces of considerable material- chromatic richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This feature is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and interwoven in a palette of great luminosity.

Although his production includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the great axes of his painting. Sailboats, ports, shores, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the daily proximity to the coastal landscape 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 you can even perceive an affinity with the luminist tradition of Joaquín Sorolla, particularly in the interest in the glow 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 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 imprint of the spatula remains visible and converts each plane of color into a small structure. Up close, the painting can approach abstraction; from a distance, those stains and directions reorganize themselves again 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 hardly fully transmit this character. Facing the canvas, the relief of the oil and the changes produced by the incidence of light impart the works with 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 a deeply optimistic view of the landscape.

The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña includes solo and collective exhibitions in Cuba and the presence of his work in international private collections. His work has also been disseminated internationally through platforms and organizations devoted to contemporary art. His works are collected in several European locations both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni realized in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Size of 73 x 53 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This work presents a bucolic and expressionist landscape of a Mediterranean countryside, capturing a vibrant moment at the edge of the field. The composition is structured through bold, textured planes of color characteristic of a spatula-on-canvas execution. In the foreground, a cluster of white flowers, rendered with thick strokes of white and light blue, creates a tactile tapestry that anchors the gaze, with green and dark stems interlacing dynamically. Behind them, a field of golden wheat extends, painted with horizontal and vertical brushstrokes suggesting movement and chromatic depth. In the background, a group of village houses with terracotta roofs and light walls sits on the hill, accompanied by stylized dark cypresses. The scene is crowned by a chain of blue mountains that fades into a dramatic turquoise sky, populated by white textured clouds that add a sense of breadth and atmospheric energy. The interaction of saturated colors and the application of paint loaded with material endows the work with visceral vitality and a strong sense of light and place.