Yuni R. P - XL - Resplandor náutico

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 acquires volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through wide, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material- chromatic richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This characteristic constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear juxtaposed and intermingled in a highly luminous palette.

Although his output includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the great axes of his painting. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons repeatedly appear, transformed by a gaze that privileges 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 engages with certain principles of impressionism and post-impressionism: capturing changing light, chromatic fragmentation, and the intention to convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the subject. In some of his seascapes, there can even be a perceived 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 about imitation, but about 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 turns each plane of color into a small structure. Up close, the painting may verge on abstraction; from a distance, those stains and directions reassemble as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. That tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most appealing aspects of his work.

Photographs can hardly convey this character fully. In front of the canvas, the relief of the oil and the changes produced by light incidence give the works a presence and depth that exceed the two-dimensional image. The result is an immediate, vital, and recognizable painting, characterized by strong chromatic energy and a profoundly optimistic vision of the landscape.

Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña’s public career includes individual and collective exhibitions in Cuba and its work’s presence in international private collections. His work has also been internationally disseminated through platforms and organizations dedicated to contemporary art. His works are collected in several places in Europe, both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Size: 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This sublime seascape, executed in oil on canvas, stands out for its extraordinary luminosity and absolute mastery of the spatula, capturing the serene essence of a sailing at sunset. In the foreground, a majestic two-masted vessel glides over crystal-clear waters that reflect a dazzling trail of golden, warm, and amber specks. The surface of the sea, alive with texture and tones ranging from deep blue to the yellows of the radiant sky, harmonizes with the horizon, where the distant presence of other sailboats enhances the breadth and depth of the scene. With a palette full of energy and a perfect balance between the force of the stroke and the subtlety of light, this piece conveys a deep sense of freedom and timeless elegance, becoming an excellent investment opportunity for maritime art collectors and lovers of impressionist painting.