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Cristian Mesa Velazquez’s original oil painting Selfie en Azul, dated 2026, is a hand-signed 57.5 × 40.5 cm portrait of a snorkeller holding a selfie stick beneath blue water.
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Selfie in Blue
Oil on canvas · 57.5 x 40.5 cm · 2026
A snorkeler moves toward the viewer wearing a blue mask, the tube curving over his head and his arm extended forward, holding a selfie stick. The scene deliberately adopts the point of view of an action camera: the object in the foreground, the wide-angle perspective, and the face looking into the lens. The painter takes an everyday gesture of our time—the holiday selfie—and turns it into a lasting image in oil.
Blue dominates the canvas: intense ultramarine and cobalt on the left, a turquoise that grows lighter toward the surface, and, behind the head, a burst of white light that breaks through the water in rays. Against this cool palette, the shoulder and chest are touched with warm strokes of pink and ochre. Small details give the figure scale and life: the reflection in the mask glass, the little chain with a cross, and the bubbles applied in thick white impasto.
The brushwork is broad, loaded, and confident. The face, partly hidden behind the mask, is rendered in a few planes, while the selfie stick in the foreground is painted with a single dark stroke that draws the eye into the picture. It is a contemporary, luminous, direct portrait, part of the artist’s series of submerged figures.
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 57.5 x 40.5 cm
Signed lower left, 2026
Original artwork, made entirely by hand
Certificate of authenticity included
Shipped without stretcher bars for maximum safety during transport
Framed images are for illustrative purposes only; the frame is not included in the sale
A valid tracking number is provided so you can follow the order’s progress. Delivery usually takes 2–7 days, depending on the destination, with UPS, FEDEX, and CORREOS EXPRESS.
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with the utmost care in a shipping tube for maximum protection and sent by registered mail with a tracking code within 3 business days of payment.
Please check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damage, keep the damage report provided to the courier.
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Havana, Cuba (1994). Raised and trained in Las Tunas, Cuba. Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent career highlights
October 3–10, 2026. Group exhibition, Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
October 2026. X Art Auction, Art of Poland (OneBid), Warsaw (Poland): artwork sold.
Ongoing. Artwork in the permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Selected group exhibitions
2021. International Visual Arts Fair, France.
2021. International Visual Arts Fair, Germany.
2020. “City of Lights” International Fair, Paris (France).
2020. International Art Fair, Luxembourg.
2020. Tribute exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana (Cuba).
2019. “Osmosis” group exhibition, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2019. “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” group miniature exhibition, Ciego de Ávila (Cuba).
2018. “Visual Arts in April” Salon, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. “One in a Hundred” group exhibition, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. 3rd Visual Arts Salon, Guáimaro, Camagüey (Cuba).
2017. Review of the traveling group exhibition “Cuban Spirit” in the Ibero-American and Caribbean magazine Arte por Excelencias, year VII, no. 32, p. 18.
2016. “Cuban Spirit” group exhibition, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana (Cuba).
2016. 1st Visual Arts Salon, Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey (Cuba).
2013. “Art, a Social Image” group exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. “Visual Arts in April” Salon, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. “Guernica” Salon, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. “The Eve” exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Martiano Salon, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. “Comprehensive Final Project” exhibition, Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. “Lithographs” exhibition, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Martiano Salon, Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. “Offshoots” exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Education
2013. Intermediate-level Visual Arts, Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Collections
Permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA). Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
Translated by Google TranslateSelfie in Blue
Oil on canvas · 57.5 x 40.5 cm · 2026
A snorkeler moves toward the viewer wearing a blue mask, the tube curving over his head and his arm extended forward, holding a selfie stick. The scene deliberately adopts the point of view of an action camera: the object in the foreground, the wide-angle perspective, and the face looking into the lens. The painter takes an everyday gesture of our time—the holiday selfie—and turns it into a lasting image in oil.
Blue dominates the canvas: intense ultramarine and cobalt on the left, a turquoise that grows lighter toward the surface, and, behind the head, a burst of white light that breaks through the water in rays. Against this cool palette, the shoulder and chest are touched with warm strokes of pink and ochre. Small details give the figure scale and life: the reflection in the mask glass, the little chain with a cross, and the bubbles applied in thick white impasto.
The brushwork is broad, loaded, and confident. The face, partly hidden behind the mask, is rendered in a few planes, while the selfie stick in the foreground is painted with a single dark stroke that draws the eye into the picture. It is a contemporary, luminous, direct portrait, part of the artist’s series of submerged figures.
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 57.5 x 40.5 cm
Signed lower left, 2026
Original artwork, made entirely by hand
Certificate of authenticity included
Shipped without stretcher bars for maximum safety during transport
Framed images are for illustrative purposes only; the frame is not included in the sale
A valid tracking number is provided so you can follow the order’s progress. Delivery usually takes 2–7 days, depending on the destination, with UPS, FEDEX, and CORREOS EXPRESS.
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with the utmost care in a shipping tube for maximum protection and sent by registered mail with a tracking code within 3 business days of payment.
Please check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damage, keep the damage report provided to the courier.
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Havana, Cuba (1994). Raised and trained in Las Tunas, Cuba. Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent career highlights
October 3–10, 2026. Group exhibition, Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
October 2026. X Art Auction, Art of Poland (OneBid), Warsaw (Poland): artwork sold.
Ongoing. Artwork in the permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Selected group exhibitions
2021. International Visual Arts Fair, France.
2021. International Visual Arts Fair, Germany.
2020. “City of Lights” International Fair, Paris (France).
2020. International Art Fair, Luxembourg.
2020. Tribute exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana (Cuba).
2019. “Osmosis” group exhibition, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2019. “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” group miniature exhibition, Ciego de Ávila (Cuba).
2018. “Visual Arts in April” Salon, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. “One in a Hundred” group exhibition, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. 3rd Visual Arts Salon, Guáimaro, Camagüey (Cuba).
2017. Review of the traveling group exhibition “Cuban Spirit” in the Ibero-American and Caribbean magazine Arte por Excelencias, year VII, no. 32, p. 18.
2016. “Cuban Spirit” group exhibition, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana (Cuba).
2016. 1st Visual Arts Salon, Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey (Cuba).
2013. “Art, a Social Image” group exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. “Visual Arts in April” Salon, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. “Guernica” Salon, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. “The Eve” exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Martiano Salon, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. “Comprehensive Final Project” exhibition, Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. “Lithographs” exhibition, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Martiano Salon, Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. “Offshoots” exhibition, Provincial Center for the Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Education
2013. Intermediate-level Visual Arts, Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Collections
Permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA). Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
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Edition
Original
Artist
Cristian Mesa Velazquez
Title of artwork
Selfie en Azul
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
40.5 cm
Width
57.5 cm
Style
Realism
Period
2020+
