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Title: Oil painting Sunny winter day Oleksiy Ivanyuk

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The oil painting on Canvas titled "Sunny Winter Day" captures the luminous tranquility of a snow-covered landscape bathed in soft, golden daylight. It is a masterful visual poem that combines a sense of vast openness with intricate textures and atmospheric delicacy. With every brushstroke, the artist conveys both the physical chill of winter and the quiet warmth that sunlight can offer, even on the coldest days. The dominant palette is a symphony of pale blues, cool violets, and creamy whites, woven together in thick, expressive strokes that give the canvas a palpable energy. This is not a flat winter scene but one alive with motion - the clouds shift gently across the sky, and the snowy ground seems to shimmer with icy reflections. The painter's use of impasto technique gives the sky and snow a sculptural quality, allowing the viewer to almost feel the crunch of frozen earth and the soft give of powder beneath each footstep. Above, the sky expands into a dreamy expanse of pastel blue, interrupted by grand, sweeping clouds rendered in soft ivory, lilac, and hints of peach. These clouds are not oppressive but buoyant, as if floating serenely in the crisp winter air. They capture and reflect the low-hanging sun's rays, casting a delicate glow that washes over the entire scene and illuminates the snowfield below with a subtle golden tint. The light is diffused, not blinding, and imbues the scene with a sense of peace and stillness. In the middle distance, barely visible through the atmospheric haze, lie darkened silhouettes of cottages or farmhouses. Their muted brown and amber rooftops peek through the snow, providing a quiet contrast to the cool tones of the landscape. These small human elements are enveloped by nature, emphasizing the vastness of the surrounding fields and the dominance of the sky. Yet their presence adds warmth and narrative - they suggest life continuing in the cold, routines unfolding behind frosted windows, fires glowing in hearths. To the right, a gentle rise in the land forms a small hill, its slope marked with subtle shadows and earthy tones. The slope is painted with richer pigments - sienna, deep plum, and sapphire - perhaps where the snow has been partially cleared or trampled by footsteps or grazing animals. This elevation anchors the composition, leading the viewer's eye across the canvas from the textured foreground into the distant, glowing horizon.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Sunny winter day"
* ARTIST: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 60x80 cm/'23.62x31.49 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: Photos provide accurate information about the product.

About the artist: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the Crimean Art College named after N. Samokish (1887). Teachers in the specialty: V. Grigoriev, M. Morgun, L. Gracer. Painter. The main genres are landscape, still life. The paintings are distinguished by emotional openness, warmth, affirm the harmony of life. Dominants of creativity are the deep roots of national traditions, Ukrainian cultural heritage. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (2008). He taught fine art at the Pyryatinsky school - gymnasium of aesthetic education (1988-2008). At creative work. Participated in exhibitions: national and international (since 1978). Personal exhibitions - in Kiev (2003, 2007-2009), Lubny (Poltava region, California (USA; 2006), Poltava (2007, 2010), Priluki (Chernihiv region, 2008), Warsaw (2009). Main works: "Flowers field "(2007)," Still life with a daffodil "(2004)," Indian summer "(2007)," Birch "," Spiral panychi "," Kalina red "(2004)," Field of the sun "," Apple blossom ", "Evening Breath" (2005), "Silence", "Summer" (2006), "Sunflowers" (2007), "Plowed Field", "Such is Life ...", "In the Garden" (2009), "It's Cold" (2010). Individual paintings are stored in the National Museum of Art, National U. T. Shevchenko, Museum of Cultural Heritage in Kiev, Poltava Museum of Local Lore, lived and worked in the city of Poltava.

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