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Title: Oil painting Flowers in a jar Oksana Ivanyuk

Description: No. Kalen 1594

The oil painting on Canvas titled "Flowers in a Jar" is a delicate yet emotionally resonant study in softness, fragility, and natural beauty. This composition by the artist captures not only a bouquet of flowers, but also a fleeting moment of stillness — a pause in time where light, color, and feeling are suspended together in quiet harmony. The jar, earthen and humble in its form, anchors the composition at the bottom of the canvas. Its warm, muted tones of ochre and sienna give the sense of a well-worn vessel — not decorative, but functional, and filled with memory. This jar doesn't simply hold flowers; it holds emotion. The artist’s textured brushwork and subtle shading around the curves of the jar suggest touch, use, and familiarity, as though it has stood many times on this table, bearing the weight of beauty within. Emerging from this vessel is a spray of fragile, blooming flowers — likely lilacs or wild phlox — painted in soft shades of lavender, ivory, and the lightest blushes of pink. The brushstrokes here are more fluid and expressive, allowing petals to appear as though they are dissolving into the light. The artist resists harsh outlines or rigid structure. Instead, the blossoms seem to hover on the canvas, like memories just barely held in place, ready to scatter with a breath. The leaves, rendered in sage and olive greens with hints of brown and ochre, bend gracefully outward, their edges slightly blurred as if touched by the passing of time. Some leaves are mottled with aging color, suggesting a bouquet that is at its most beautiful just before it begins to fade. This tension between bloom and decline adds emotional depth — a whisper of impermanence that lingers beneath the surface of visual delight. The background is a wash of muted golden beige, with faint tonal variations and brush textures that echo the calm, neutral air of a quiet room bathed in late afternoon light. There is no defined setting — no table edge, no wall — only atmosphere. The lack of concrete detail in the environment allows the eye to stay focused on the bouquet itself, elevating its humble subject to one of quiet reverence.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Flowers in a jar"
* ARTISTS: Oksana Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 90x70 cm/'35.43x27.55 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: Photos provide accurate information about the product.

About the artist: Oksana Ivanyuk 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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