Title: Oil painting Moonlight night Oksana Ivanyuk Description: NoAAA5824 The Oil painting Canvas titled "Moonlight night" captures the mystique and quiet power of a rural landscape bathed in the silvery glow of the moon. The artist has employed a deeply textured impasto technique, with thick layers of oil paint creating a rich tapestry of motion, depth, and atmosphere. At the heart of The painting lies the luminous moon, glowing against a sky filled with swirling clouds, its pale golden-yellow hue breaking through the cooler tones of blue, gray, and lavender. This moon is more than just a celestial body; it is the guardian of the night, casting its ethereal light over the land below, shaping and defining every contour with a soft yet mysterious glow. The composition unfolds across a sweeping countryside. Rolling hills, painted in strokes of deep green, muted brown, and violet, form a backdrop that stretches into the distance. The terrain undulates with vitality, while the scattered brushstrokes of pink and purple across the horizon suggest a fading sunset or the lingering warmth of twilight that slowly gives way to night. The landscape is not static-it breathes with the textures of shadow and light, animated by the restless brushwork that mimics the restless energy of the nocturnal world. On the left side of the canvas, a row of tall, slender trees rises dramatically toward the sky. Their trunks are dark, painted in earthy browns and deep purples, yet they shimmer with accents of fiery orange and crimson. These highlights evoke the last rays of the day or perhaps the flickering reflection of moonlight dancing on their bark. Their vertical presence contrasts with the sweeping horizontal expanse of the fields, anchoring the scene and guiding the viewer's gaze upward toward the heavens. The trees, weathered and solemn, stand as silent witnesses to the rhythms of nature, embodying resilience and continuity in the cycle of day and night. In the foreground, human presence emerges, modest yet profoundly significant. A lone figure, clad in tones of blue and red, leads a cow along a pale, winding path. The cow, painted in earthy brown with subtle strokes of black, walks steadily, its form softened by the shadows of moonlight. The figure's posture conveys quiet determination, perhaps the daily routine of returning home at dusk or continuing the labor of tending to animals even as night falls. This small vignette of rural life grounds the otherwise mystical landscape in reality, reminding the viewer of the eternal bond between humans, animals, and the land.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Moonlight night"
* ARTISTS: Oksana 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: Ivanyuk Oksana was born in 1964 in Rivne region. The love of painting has taken over from the baby. From 1975 to 1980 she studied at the Zoryan Art School of Rivne region.In 1985 she graduated from the Crimean Art College. M. Samokish (now has the status of a national university). Her teachers of painting were G. Kurilenko, V. Grigoriev. After graduating from the school, she began to work as a teacher of fine arts at the Piryatin School - a gymnasium of aesthetic education, which she founded with her husband in 1990.Oksana Ivanyuk works in the landscape and still life genre. Personal exhibitions: Kyiv, Museum of Ukrainian Heritage; T. Shevchenko National Museum; the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the USA (California) and others. She has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Ukraine and abroad.
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