Yuni R.P (XXI) - XL - Raíces Cósmicas

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 gains volume, direction, and movement.

The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and superimpose the oil through broad and decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material- chromatic richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This feature constitutes one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear opposite and interwoven 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. Sails, ports, coasts, reflections, and horizons appear repeatedly, transformed by a gaze that privileges 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 transmit an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the subject. In some of his seascapes there can even be perceived 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 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 each color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting may brush against abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize 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. Before 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.

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 dedicated to contemporary art. His works are collected in several parts of Europe both privately and institutionally.

Artwork by the artist Yuni created in oil on high-quality professional canvas.
Size 70 x 100 cm of painting.
Original edition.
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This fascinating oil on canvas work offers a captivating surrealist juxtaposition between the longing for space travel and the living warmth of the earth. The scene presents us with an astronaut immersed in an overflowing field of wildflowers, where the geometric rigidity of the spacesuit poetically contrasts with the organic delicacy of the foliage and the explosive chromatic tones of Reds, Yellows, and Pinks. The helmet visor, with subtle reflections of a starry sky, seems to contain the cosmos itself while the body rests embraced by terrestrial nature. Executed using a spatula technique and a thick impasto brushstroke rich in texture, the piece stands out for its visual dynamism, its vibrant handling of light, and its profound philosophical charge about the reconnection of humans with their origins. A truly unique and magnetizing creation, ideal for contemporary collectors who value the combination of pictorial mastery, conceptual originality, and poetic expressiveness.