Yuni R.P. (XXI) - XL - Rincón de Arte y Flores

YUNI R. P.’s painting is built on a direct, physical relationship with the material. Working primarily in oil on canvas and favoring the palette knife over the brush, the artist develops a painted surface in which color does more than describe the image: it takes on volume, direction, and movement.

The palette knife allows him to lay down, drag, and layer the oil in broad, decisive gestures. This process produces surfaces of considerable textural and chromatic richness, where colors meet on the canvas while retaining some of their individuality. This is one of the most recognizable features of his visual language: intense blues, turquoises, sunny yellows, oranges, reds, and whites meet and mingle in a highly luminous palette.

Although his work encompasses landscapes, gardens, figures, and urban scenes, in recent years the sea has become one of the major themes in his painting. Sailboats, harbors, coastlines, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a perspective that prioritizes sensory experience over meticulous description. His home in Havana and everyday proximity to the coastal landscape are naturally reflected in his imagery.

Formally, his work engages with certain principles of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: capturing changing light, fragmenting color, and seeking to convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the subject. Some of his seascapes even suggest an affinity with Joaquín Sorolla’s luminist tradition, particularly in their interest in the water’s radiance and in the way whites, blues, and yellows turn the sea’s surface into a field of light. This is not imitation, but an affinity within a long tradition of artists fascinated by the relationship between the sea, color, and luminosity.

YUNI R. P., however, takes this tradition toward a more emphatically textured form of painting. The mark of the palette knife remains visible, turning each plane of color into a small structure. Seen up close, a painting can verge on abstraction; from a distance, those marks and directions come together again as sails, reflections, foliage, figures, or horizons. This tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most compelling aspects of his work.

Photographs can only convey this character to a limited extent. In front of the canvas, the raised texture of the oil paint and the changes created by the way light falls on it give the works a presence and depth that go beyond the two-dimensional image. The result is an immediate, vital, and distinctive form of painting, characterized by powerful chromatic energy and a deeply optimistic vision of the landscape.

Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña’s public career includes solo and group exhibitions in Cuba, and his work is held in international private collections. His work has also been promoted internationally through platforms and organizations dedicated to contemporary art. His works are collected in several European countries by both private and institutional collectors.

Artwork by artist Yuni, created using high-quality professional oil on canvas.
Painting dimensions: 80 x 110 cm.
Original edition.
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This cozy interior scene stands out for its rich, palette-knife impasto texture, combining elements of the traditional still life with a feline portrait in a vividly colorful setting. A black-and-white cat poses elegantly upright on a windowsill beside a stack of art books—among them, the figure of the celebrated painter Henri Matisse is prominently featured—creating a direct dialogue between artistic creation and the quiet of home. The warm, golden light streaming through the window contrasts harmoniously with the intense cobalt blues in the background and throughout the scene, while an exuberant vase of multicolored wildflowers and a coffee set on the table complete the atmosphere of serenity, warmth, and intellectual delight.