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Title: Oil painting Evening sunflowers Oksana Ivanyuk

Description: NoAAA5861 The Oil painting Canvas titled "Evening sunflowers" immerses the viewer into a radiant, almost dreamlike vision of nature caught in the golden embrace of twilight. This work captures not only the physical beauty of sunflowers stretching toward the fading sun but also the emotional warmth and serenity that such a scene can inspire. The use of bold impasto strokes, dynamic textures, and a palette of striking colors brings the composition alive with movement, atmosphere, and intensity. It is a poetic ode to both the fleeting hour of evening and the timeless strength of nature. In the foreground, the field of sunflowers dominates the canvas, rendered in vibrant hues of yellow, ochre, and golden orange. Each flower is suggested with thick, swirling strokes of paint, their broad petals catching the last rays of the day. The centers of the flowers, painted in deep browns and burgundy tones, anchor the blooms with depth and contrast. Stems and leaves in rich greens, accented with touches of blue and shadowy purples, rise from the earth, framing the sunflowers with stability and grounding. The painter's thick application of pigment creates a tactile surface, allowing the viewer to almost feel the roughness of the stalks and the weight of the blossoms as they bow gently toward the light. As the eye moves deeper into the canvas, the sunflower field stretches toward the horizon, gradually blending into the distance in warm golden tones. This layered approach creates depth, suggesting both abundance and continuity-the idea of a land that extends endlessly, nurtured by sun and soil. In the middle ground, a cluster of dark green trees rises, their dense forms contrasting with the warm tones of the flowers and the sky. These trees act as a compositional anchor, dividing the golden field from the vibrant sky and emphasizing the scale of the landscape. The sky above is a breathtaking display of evening colors, transforming The painting into something more than a simple depiction of nature. Rich shades of pink, magenta, and rose sweep across the canvas, accented by touches of teal and turquoise that dance between the clouds. These unexpected color contrasts bring vibrancy and modernity to the composition, pushing it beyond realism into a more expressive, emotional realm.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Evening sunflowers"
* 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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