El Último Centauro - PERFIL DE BRASA

GRI-JUURI OTE

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I think I need to provide proper translation. Let's compose carefully.

PERI BRASA (Note: It's the title in Spanish; should keep as-is.)

Hor: A portrait of a chestnut horse, profile, head turned to the left and ears erect. A white stripe runs across the forehead and muzzle and catches light on the dark face coat. The neck and back, with reddish and coppery reflections, are resolved with broad, fluid brushstrokes that model a powerful musculature, while the gaze, attentive and serene, concentrates the viewer's attention on the painting.

Behind the head opens a large disc of imitation gold leaf, like a sun, framing the figure and emphasizing the warmth of the coat. On the left, the background becomes a textured surface of ochers, creams and golds, surrounded by an ornamental border of vegetal motifs in dark tones. On the right, vertical black bands with light foliar silhouettes alternate with bands of imitation gold leaf. The composition counterpoints the animal's naturalism with a flat, decorative and almost textile background, making the horse seem to emerge from a tapestry. The metallic imitation leaf adds shine and texture without resorting to real gold.

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

FICHA TÉCNICA
- Artist: Luis González Rodríguez (El Último Centauro)
- Technique: oil and imitation gold leaf on canvas
- Medidas: 50 x 60 cm (alto x ancho)
- Año: 2026
- Firma: signed with initials "UC" (the artist's heteronym initials El Último Centauro) and dated "26"
- Original and unique work, completely handmade
- Delivered with certificate of authenticity
- Shipment in professional rigid tube, without frame

SOBRE EL ARTISTA
El Último Centauro is the pseudonym of Luis González Rodríguez, under which he develops a body of work centered on animal figures, expressive realism and symbolism. He trained as a Bachelor of Plastic Arts at the Academia Profesional de Artes Plásticas de Las Tunas (2008-2012) and earned a degree in Visual Arts at the University of the Arts of Cuba, ISA (2013-2018). He was a designer and photographer at ISA (2018-2022) and a design teacher at its Restoration Faculty (2018-2019). He has been a member of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz since 2015 and the UNEAC since 2022.

Among his solo exhibitions are "Las últimas cenizas" (UNEAC, Las Tunas, 2025), "Instintos" (Las Tunas, 2023), "Dimensiones de la presencia" (AHS, 2022), "Trance" (AHS, 2020) and "El gran salón" (Escena Estudio, La Habana, 2018). He has participated in group shows such as "After dark, comienza la fiesta" (AHS, 2025), "Estado de Espíritu" (Pabellón Cuba, La Habana, 2022), "Advertencia pintura" (ISA, as part of the 13th Havana Biennial, 2019), the 7th Cuban Contemporary Art Salon (La Habana Vieja, 2017) and "Misen en scene" (ISA, as part of the 12th Havana Biennial, 2015).