Yuni R. P - XL - El Sueño del Gato

YUNI R. P.'s painting is built from a direct, physical relationship with matter. Working mainly with oil on canvas and discarding the brush in favor of the spatula, the artist develops a pictorial surface where color is not limited to describing the image: it acquires volume, direction, and movement. The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through broad and decisive gestures. From this procedure emerge surfaces of considerable material-chromatic richness, where colors meet incompletely on the canvas without losing their individuality entirely. This feature is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear facing and intermingling in a palette of great luminosity. 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 repeatedly appear, transformed by a gaze that privilegies 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 convey an impression rather than a photographic reproduction of the motif. In some of his seascapes one can even perceive 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 imprint of the spatula remains visible and turns each color plane into a small structure. Up close, the painting can brush against abstraction; from a distance, those blotches and directions reorganize themselves again 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 barely convey this character completely. In front of 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 vision 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 European locations at both private and institutional levels. Artwork by the artist Yuni created in the oil on high-quality professional canvas technique. 80 x 110 cm painting dimension. Original edition. Shipping will be carried out through United Parcel Service (UPS), for Spain and Europe, and through FedEx for the rest of the world. The work will be rolled and protected by multiple layers of packaging, bubble wrap, and placed in a sturdy tube. Once the work is paid for, three days are required for the packaging process and delivery to the shipping company. The piece will arrive within ten days, depending on the destination country. “This lot contains visualizations produced with AI. Please consult the original photographs to verify the actual condition of the work.” This expressive oil still life fuses the floral arrangement with the warmth of the animal figure, standing out for an impasto technique enriched with the dynamic use of the spatula that provides volume and tactile texture to each brushstroke. In the foreground, a striped orange-and-white cat sleeps peacefully beside a prominent yellow ceramic jar, from which a lush arrangement of white and violet daisies grows. The background, resolved with gestural strokes in a palette transitioning from warm yellow to deep blues and purples, creates a lively chromatic contrast that highlights the serenity of the feline in contrast with the vibrant energy of the surroundings.

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