A visceral and energetic composition, Tomás Esson's *Colonial* from his *Aniversarios* series engages the viewer with his characteristically raw, irreverent figuration rendered in bold, gestural brushwork. The work channels Esson's signature fusion of Cuban cultural memory and carnivalesque excess, using the physicality of oil paint to confront themes of power, colonialism, and bodily experience. Part of a numbered series, this piece reflects the artist's ongoing interrogation of history and identity through a visual language that is simultaneously grotesque, playful, and politically charged.