yamila - León y la Reina Dorada: Ecos del Kintsugi

About the work:
The piece presented is part of a limited edition of 5 units worldwide, created digitally and hand-signed by the artist. Each print is unique within its series, ensuring its exclusivity and authenticity. On the back, all relevant details of the work, numbering, and signature are included.
Total dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
High-quality professional canvas 100% cotton, with maximum resistance to handling and external agents, from the Eco Canvas Roma Glossy brand, satin finish. We guarantee a durable product with visual quality.
Technique: Giclée printing, recognized for its precision and lasting quality.

Certificate of authenticity
If the buyer wishes, the artist may provide a certificate of authenticity. This must be explicitly requested at the time of purchase.

About the artist:
Yamila Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1993) is a contemporary artist who uses digital intelligence tools. She currently lives and works in Alicante, Spain. Owner and partner of a company dedicated to the sale, representation, and development of artists and artworks, Velázquez combines her business vision with a deep artistic sensitivity.
This young Cuban talent has established himself in the field of digital art, using contemporary media to explore themes related to nature, landscape, and the intimate relationship between women and their environment. His works subtly and visually powerfully address topics such as beauty, love, sensuality, and feminine delicacy, always set within immersive, romantic, and refined atmospheres.
With a vibrant and expressive aesthetic, Yamila Velázquez manages to blend classical influences with a modern language, resulting in versatile, fresh, and deeply evocative works. The pictorial texture of her images, the masterful use of color, and the emotionally balanced composition position her work as a current artistic proposal of high aesthetic value.

Shipping and presentation
The artwork will be carefully packaged by a professional and shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, internally protected with bubble wrap to ensure its integrity during transit. Shipments are made through reliable courier companies such as UPS, FedEx, or Correos España, depending on the destination and the most convenient option in each case.
The estimated delivery time is 7 to 10 days, although it may vary depending on the destination country.

This work is a powerful visual statement that merges hyperrealistic portraiture with an allegorical pictorial technique of high contrast. The composition features an African female figure and a lion in serene and monumental intimacy, suggesting a totemic bond of strength and protection.

The treatment of the woman's skin is the conceptual key of the piece: it is covered with a patina of crackled gold leaf over a base of charcoal or deep ink, a direct reference to the Japanese technique Kintsugi. This application of gold does not hide but magnifies the 'fractures' of the facial surface and the turban, transforming what would be imperfections into veins of light and dignity. The decorative pattern of the costume reinforces the opulence and royal status of the character ('La Dama de Ouro').

The contrast between the golden, rough, and abstract texture of the character and the photorealistic rendering of the lion's fur and expression creates a dynamic tension. The work transcends mere representation to become a metaphor about identity, historical memory, and the inherent nobility that arises from adversity and reconstruction.