El Último Centauro - PERFIL DE BRASA

PROFILE OF EMBERS

Portrait of a chestnut horse, in profile, with its head turned to the left and ears pricked. A white blaze runs across the forehead and the muzzle and catches the light on the dark facial coat. The neck and withers, with reddish and coppery highlights, are rendered with broad, fluid brushstrokes that model a powerful musculature, while the attentive and serene gaze concentrates the viewer’s attention on the painting.

Behind the head opens a large disk of imitation gold leaf, like a sun, framing the figure and accentuating the warmth of the coat. To the left, the background becomes a textured surface of ochers, creams and golds, bordered by a decorative border of stylized vegetal motifs in dark tones. To the right, vertical black bands with light botanical silhouettes alternate with strips of imitation gold leaf. The composition counterposes the animal’s naturalism with a flat, decorative, almost textile background, making the horse seem to emerge from a tapestry. The metallic imitation leaf adds shine and texture without using genuine gold.

The piece belongs to the “Bestiario” line of El Último Centauro, devoted to portraits of horses, bulls, and other creatures, with attention to their presence and symbolic charge.

TECHNICAL DATA
- Artist: Luis González Rodríguez (El Último Centauro)
- Technique: oil and imitation gold leaf on canvas
- Dimensions: 50 x 60 cm (height x width)
- Year: 2026
- Signature: signed with the initials "UC" (initials of the artistic heteronym El Último Centauro) and dated "26"
- Original and unique work, entirely handmade
- Delivered with authenticity certificate
- Shipped in a professional rigid tube, without a frame

ABOUT THE ARTIST
El Último Centauro is the artistic heteronym of Luis González Rodríguez, under whom he develops a body of work focused on animal figures, expressive realism, and symbolism. He trained as a Bachelor of Plastic Arts at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts of Las Tunas (2008-2012) and earned a degree in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts of Cuba, ISA (2013-2018). He was a designer and photographer at ISA (2018-2022) and a design professor in its Restoration Faculty (2018-2019). He has been a member of the Hermanos Saíz Association since 2015 and of UNEAC since 2022.

Among his solo exhibitions are “The Last Ashes” (UNEAC, Las Tunas, 2025), “Instincts” (Las Tunas, 2023), “Dimensions of Presence” (AHS, 2022), “Trance” (AHS, 2020) and “The Great Hall” (Escena Estudio, Havana, 2018). He has participated in group shows such as “After dark, the party begins” (AHS, 2025), “State of Spirit” (Pabellón Cuba, Havana, 2022), “Warning: painting” (ISA, as part of the 13th Havana Biennial, 2019), the 7th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon (Old Havana, 2017) and “Misen en scene” (ISA, within the 12th Havana Biennial, 2015).