Yuni R. P - Ocaso en el muelle

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built on 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 layer the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-chemical richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without losing their individuality completely. This characteristic constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear facing and intermingling 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 main axes of his painting. Sails, ports, shores, 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 a natural reflection in his imaginary.

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 subject. In some of his seascapes, one can even perceive an 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 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 mark of the spatula remains visible and turns each color plane into a small structure. When viewed up close, the painting can approach abstraction; from a distance, those stains 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.

Photography can barely convey this character completely. In front of the canvas, the relief of the oil and the changes produced by light incidence 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.

Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña's public career 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 devoted to contemporary art. His works are collected in several places in Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the high-quality professional oil on canvas technique.
Dimension of 73 x 53 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This oil painting on canvas is a vibrant expressionist-impressionist execution that captures a moment of transition in a coastal port. The composition is defined by bold, textured brushstrokes that impose a palpable dynamism, with a palette dominated by the interaction of primary and secondary colors. A blazing sun, rendered in saturated yellows and golds, dominates the sky and reflects intensely on the water surface, creating a horizontal tapestry of light that breaks into rhythmic bands of purple, blue, and green in the foreground. On the left, a two-story terracotta and ochre building anchors the scene, with a balcony and a subtly integrated red awning that add depth and urban context. Several boats, painted with dark, vigorous brushstrokes, are moored beside the building, with their masts and rigging outlined against the bright sky and the distant blue coast, providing a vertical structure that balances the horizontal extension of the sunlight. The work achieves a balance between the representation of form and the abstraction of color and texture, capturing not only a view but the emotion of the golden hour on the shore."