Yuni R. P - "Manto de Amapolas"

The painting by YUNI R. P. 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 gains volume, direction, and movement. The spatula allows him to deposit, drag, and layer the oil through broad, decisive gestures. From this procedure arise surfaces of considerable material-ychromatic richness, where colors are partially on the canvas without completely losing their individuality. This characteristic is one of the most recognizable elements of his language: intense blues, turquoises, solar yellows, oranges, reds, and whites appear opposed 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 everyday proximity to the coastal landscape thus find a natural reflection in his imagery. 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 subject. In some of his marine paintings 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 sea surface into a space of light. It is not imitation but 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 verge on abstraction; from a distance, those splotches and directions reorganize themselves as sails, reflections, vegetation, figures, or horizons. This tension between abstraction and representation is one of the most appealing aspects of his work. Photographs can hardly fully convey this character. In front of the canvas, the relief of the oil and the changes produced by light incidence 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. The public trajectory of Yuniesky Rodríguez Peña 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 places in Europe both privately and institutionally. Artwork by the artist Yuni made in the oil-on-canvas technique of high quality professional material. Size of 73 x 53 cm of painting. 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 packing process and delivery to the shipping company. The piece will arrive within ten days, depending on the destination country. “This lot contains visuals created with AI. Please consult the original photographs to verify the actual condition of the work.” This oil on canvas painting is a vibrant natural landscape in an impressionist and expressionist style, notable for its material richness and its strong chromatic contrast. The composition is articulated in overlapping horizontal planes: in the foreground, a dense and lush field of red poppies unfolds, molded with thick, circular impastos using a spatula, splashed with strategic touches of white, pink, and yellow that provide rhythm and volume. The view then extends toward a strip of green meadows and clustered trees that gently guide the gaze toward a idyllic cottage in the distance and a serene mountain range. All of it is sheltered under a broad turquoise-blue sky illuminated by soft yellowish clouds on the horizon, achieving an atmosphere balanced between the warm passion of the foreground floral and the expansive freshness of the distant landscape.

Schätzpreis:€130

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