Yuni R. P - XL - Sinfonía en azul

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 overlap the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-cromatic richness, where colors remain partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This characteristic is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced and intermingled 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 major axes of his painting. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges sensory experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the everyday 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, color fragmentation, and the will to convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the subject. In some of his seascapes, there is even a perceived affinity with Joaquín Sorolla’s luminist tradition, 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 about imitation, but an affinity within a long tradition of artists fascinated by the relationship between sea, color, and luminosity.

However, YUNI R. P. carries that tradition toward a more materially emphatic painting. The imprint of the spatula remains visible and turns each color plane into a small structure. Seen up close, the painting may brush against abstraction; viewed from a distance, those stains and directions reorganize themselves 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. Before 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 vision 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 at private and institutional levels.

Artwork by the artist Yuni made in the technique oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Dimension: 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This magnificent oil-on-canvas work captures with masterful intensity the imposing silhouette of a sailing ship cutting through the waters in full transition toward twilight, framed by a vibrant atmosphere where the fire of the setting sun blends with deep nuances of cobalt blue and violet. The technique stands out for energetic, textured brushstrokes that grant exceptional dynamism to the waves and the cloudy sky, achieving that every golden reflection on the surface of the sea conveys a sense of perpetual movement, freedom, and deep serenity. The secondary silhouettes of ships in the background enrich the spatial composition, inviting the viewer to contemplate a poetic horizon charged with mystery and sophisticated chromatic beauty, ideal for collectors seeking pieces with a strong emotional charge and a dominant visual presence.