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Title: Oil painting Colorful sky of the village Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: NoAAA5787 The Oil painting Canvas titled "Colorful sky of the village" is a powerful and expressive work that captures the intensity and poetry of a rural evening under a sky ablaze with colors. With bold impasto strokes and an almost sculptural texture, the artist brings to life a dynamic scene where the sky dominates the composition, casting its radiance over the humble village below. The use of vibrant hues and dramatic contrasts gives The painting an emotional resonance, making the viewer feel both the grandeur of nature and the quiet perseverance of rural life. The central focus of the work is the expansive sky, painted with a palette of luminous yellows, cool greens, deep blues, and subtle violets. The brushwork here is energetic and layered, creating the impression of clouds in constant motion, shifting and reshaping as the day turns into night. Bright yellow streaks cut through the darker tones like beams of light, suggesting the last rays of the setting sun or perhaps the dramatic illumination of a stormy evening. This interplay between brightness and shadow infuses The painting with vitality, as though the heavens themselves are alive with emotion. Beneath this spectacular sky lies the village, modest and partially shrouded in shadow. Dark silhouettes of houses with sloping roofs emerge from the earth-toned background, their forms suggested rather than fully defined. These structures, painted in earthy browns, purples, and muted yellows, ground the composition, anchoring it in reality while the sky above seems to move toward abstraction. The village is depicted not in fine detail but in essence, its quiet presence contrasting with the overwhelming vibrancy of the sky. In the foreground, the land is rendered with rich, warm tones of burnt sienna, ochre, and deep green, applied with the same impasto technique that characterizes the entire canvas. The thick layers of paint suggest the ruggedness of the earth, the texture of plowed fields, or the uneven paths that wind through rural life. Among these strokes, one notices the figures of villagers-small, dark forms that stand against the glowing backdrop. One figure, possibly a farmer, is shown holding a tool or staff, painted in stark black with hints of red, embodying the resilience and labor that define the rhythm of village existence. Their presence adds a human element, a reminder of the close bond between people and nature.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Colorful sky of the village"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 15x20 cm/5.90x7.87 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

About the artist: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the 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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