Yuni R. P - XL - Horizonte etéreo

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly in 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 acquires volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through broad and decisive gestures. From this procedure emerge surfaces of considerable material-chemical 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, turquoise, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear faced off and intermingled in 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. Sailboats, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons repeatedly appear, transformed by a gaze that privileg es 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 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 a sense of 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 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 trace of the spatula remains visible and turns every plane of color into a small structure. Up close, the painting can come close to abstraction; from a distance, those spots and directions reorganize themselves again as 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 trajectory 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 European stops both at the private and institutional levels.

Artwork by the artist Yuni made in oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Size 70 x 100 cm.
Original edition.
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This suggestive oil on canvas work stands out for its sublime romanticism and an impressive chromatic wealth, capturing the delicate figure of a woman with her back supported against an open window frame. Dressed in a subtle white dress that reflects sunlit highlights, she contemplates an idyllic Mediterranean bay speckled with the deep blue of the sea, hillside slopes, and tranquil sailboats sailing in the distance. The emerald-green shutters and the floating vegetation with pink flowers frame the composition magistrally, while the impasto brushstrokes provide a palpable three-dimensional texture that magnifies the warmth of the surroundings and the play of shadows on the protagonist's skin. It is a piece evoking intimate calm, elegance, and summer longing, highly attractive to discerning collectors seeking to add distinction and serenity to their space.