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Title: Oil painting Spring city in the shade of trees Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: NoAAA5353The Oil painting on Canvas titled "Spring city in the shade of trees" captures the joyful pulse of urban life at the intersection of nature and civilization. This vibrant composition is a celebration of light, color, and human presence, brought to life through impasto textures and confident brushstrokes. The artist immerses the viewer in a lush green canopy, where a bustling springtime city scene unfolds in the dappled shadows of trees, merging the serenity of nature with the gentle rhythm of a communal park. In the foreground, we observe families, individuals, and children moving through a pedestrian area bathed in warm sunlight. The variety of human figures-some pushing strollers, others seated or walking-adds a lively, narrative character to the piece. They are rendered in broad, expressive forms with hints of deep reds, blues, and ochres that contrast playfully with the foliage above them. Though the figures are not detailed, they evoke personality and motion, allowing the viewer to interpret the city's human stories through gesture and posture. Above them, a dense layer of lime green and yellow dominates the composition-an explosion of young leaves bathed in the fresh light of spring. The artist uses thick, sculptural daubs of oil paint to construct the leafy canopy, adding a palpable texture that almost reaches out from the cardboard surface. Interspersed are notes of lavender and cool purple, suggesting shadow, sky, or perhaps blossoms caught in the breeze. These shades provide dimensionality and balance to the otherwise bright palette, evoking both energy and calm. In the background, vague yet identifiable shapes of city architecture emerge, painted in sandy neutrals and highlighted with touches of white and pink. These structures offer a subtle but important reminder of the painting's urban context. The buildings appear softened and abstracted, as if veiled behind the lush vegetation, hinting at how nature can momentarily obscure and soften the harsh lines of modernity. The interplay between nature and human life is at the core of this painting. The trees do not merely decorate the city; they transform it into a more humane and breathable space. The artist's choice to emphasize the foliage over the architecture communicates a poetic shift of focus-from constructed environments to the organic, seasonal rhythms that persist through them.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Spring city in the shade of trees"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy 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: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the 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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