Yuni R. P - XL - Velas purpúreas

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 where color is not limited to describing the image: it gains volume, direction, and movement.

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

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. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges sensorial experience over meticulous description. His residence in Havana and the daily proximity to the coastal landscape thus find natural reflection in his imagery.

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, one can even sense an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla’s luminist tradition, particularly in the interest in the radiance of the water and in the way whites, blues, and yellows transform the sea 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. takes that tradition toward a painting that is more materially emphatic. The spatula’s imprint remains visible and turns each color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting can verge on abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize again 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 barely convey this character fully. In front of the canvas, the relief of 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 a deeply optimistic view of the landscape.

Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña’s public career includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and his work’s presence 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 corners of Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in oil on high-quality professional canvas technique.
Size 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This masterful composition in oil on canvas stands out for its lyrical richness and its enveloping dusk atmosphere, where the warm light of the afternoon intertwines sublimely with the magenta, violet, and golden hues of the sky. The focus is on an elegant ship with reddish sails that sails placidly near the shore, while on the stone pier the lively urban scene bathed in the warm glow of lanterns and terraces comes to life. The sea acts as a reflective canvas that multiplies the nuances of sunset with thick, freely brushed strokes, achieving notable three-dimensionality in the details of the cobblestones and in the reflections on the water. It is a work of singular sophistication and poetic nostalgia, perfect for collectors seeking a piece with strong decorative impact and technical mastery within contemporary landscape art.