Yuni R. P - XL - Nocturno portuario

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and eschewing 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 broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure emerge surfaces of considerable material and chromatic richness, where colors meet partially on the canvas without fully losing their individuality. This feature is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: deep blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced off and intermingled in a palette of great luminosity.

Although his production encompasses 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 daily proximity to the coastal landscape thus find natural reflection in his imagined world.

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 motif. In some of his seascapes there can even be perceived an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla's luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the shimmer 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 of 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 color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting may approach abstraction; from a distance, those spots 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 hardly fully convey this character. 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 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 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 made in the technique of oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Dimensions: 70 x 100 cm.
Original edition.
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This magnificent artwork executed with the oil on canvas technique evokes an atmosphere of deep visual poetry, transporting the viewer to a tranquil port bathed in the ethereal light of a full moon that dominates the sky with vibrant and textured brushstrokes. The composition masterfully balances the traditional architecture of riverside buildings, whose warmly lit windows radiate a welcoming refuge, with the imposing presence of the masts of the boats calmly moored at the quay. The surface of the water acts as a chromatic mirror that fragments and multiplies the golden, ochre, and bluish glints, demonstrating an exceptional handling of light and color that gives the scene a subtle dynamism, turning it into an indispensable piece for collectors seeking to capture the melancholic and sophisticated magic of nocturnal marine life.