
Description
The oil painting titled "Winter Distance" portrays a serene winter landscape bathed in the soft, diffused light of a setting or rising sun. The canvas is alive with vibrant impasto strokes, where thick applications of paint create a textured surface that gives the scene a dynamic, almost three-dimensional quality. Hues of cool blues and creamy whites dominate the foreground, suggesting a snow-covered field that reflects the icy chill of winter. This blanket of snow is punctuated by deep purples and muted lavender, indicating shadows or possibly the subtle undulations of the terrain. In the middle ground, the presence of warmer tones-rusts, browns, and hints of mauve-introduces a contrasting element, possibly a stand of leafless trees or a distant forest edging the horizon, which adds depth to the composition. These warmer colors recede into the background where cooler purples and blues re-emerge, creating a sense of vastness and the feeling of an expansive sky or distant mountains veiled by the wintry atmosphere. The artist's signature is prominently displayed in the lower right corner, suggesting a personal connection to the scene depicted. The overall effect is one of contemplative solitude, inviting the viewer to consider the quiet and stillness of a winter's expanse, the "Winter Distance" that seems both physical and metaphorical, a space for reflection within the chilly embrace of the season.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Winter distance"
* ARTISTS: Oksana Kalenyuk
* 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 artists: Kalenyuk 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.
Kalenyuk Oksana 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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Oil painting Winter distance Oksana Kalenyuk
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Frosty Horizons: Winter Landscape Paintings
Feb 19, 2026 4:00 PM ESTNew York, NY, United States
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