Yuni R. P - XL - Vigía de Salón

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and discarding the brush in favor of the spatula, the artist develops a pictorial 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, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-chronological richness, where 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 confronted and intermingled in a remarkably luminous palette.

Although his production includes landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the major axes of his painting. Sailboats, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and daily proximity to the coastal landscape thus find a natural reflection in his imaginary.

Formally, his work dialogues with certain principles of impressionism and post-impressionism: capturing the changing light, chromatic fragmentation, and the will to transmit an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the subject. In some of his seascapes one can even sense an affinity with the luminist tradition of Joaquín Sorolla, particularly in the interest in the radiance of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows turn the marine surface into a space of light. It is not 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 turns each plane of color into a small structure. Up close, the painting may verge on abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize into 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 completely. 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 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 career 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 places in Europe, both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Size 70 x 100 cm of the painting.
Original edition.
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