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Title: Oil painting Warm evening rays on the old porch Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: NoKalen 1643The Oil painting Canvas titled "Warm evening rays on the old porch" captures the fleeting beauty of a rural evening when the sun dips low, casting its final golden glow over a homestead that seems steeped in memory and tradition. The artist employs a bold impasto technique, where thick strokes of paint transform light and color into texture, giving the entire work a tactile and immersive quality. This is not merely a visual representation of a place, but a sensory evocation of atmosphere, nostalgia, and the quiet poetry of simple life. At the heart of the composition lies the humble dwelling, its walls bathed in the soft radiance of the evening sun. The building's warm ochres and golden tones stand out vividly against the deep blues and violets of the approaching night sky, creating a rich contrast that highlights the transition between day and dusk. The porch itself, though only partially visible, becomes the symbolic anchor of the scene: a place of gathering, rest, and continuity, where generations might have shared conversations, laughter, or moments of silence. The sun's rays seem almost tender, as though caressing the walls and roof, acknowledging the endurance of the structure and the life it shelters. The foreground of the painting is alive with color and detail. Bright strokes of green, yellow, and red suggest a garden in bloom, perhaps wildflowers or cultivated blossoms, swaying gently as they catch the last light. Amid these vibrant hues, the figure of a woman emerges, bent over in work or care. Rendered in orange and lavender tones, she provides a focal point of human presence, grounding the scene in lived reality. Her posture, simultaneously strong and weary, evokes the quiet resilience of rural life. She appears both illuminated by and part of the landscape, her form harmonizing with the glowing flowers and fertile earth around her. Behind the house, darkened trees rise up, their trunks and foliage painted in bold patches of green, brown, and purple. Their towering presence creates a natural backdrop, a sheltering wall that contrasts with the open, expansive sky above. The trees seem to frame the house protectively, while their darker hues accentuate the brightness of the porch and the warmth of the sunlit walls. The sky itself is a masterful display of color, where cobalt blues intermingle with soft hints of lavender, suggesting the cooling air and the onset of night. The artist uses wide, textured strokes to convey the movement of clouds and the subtle fading of daylight.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Warm evening rays on the old porch"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 20x25 cm/'7.87x9.84 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: Photos provide accurate information about the product.

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