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Title: Oil painting Sunflower gardens Oksana Kalenyuk

Description: NoAAA5216The oil painting on Canvas titled "Sunflower Gardens" bursts with color and vitality, capturing the radiant charm of a countryside scene in full summer bloom. Rendered in a rich impasto style, the artwork features thick, expressive brushstrokes that create a highly textured surface, inviting the viewer to not only see but almost feel the energy of this vibrant rural setting. At the heart of the composition is a lush, abundant field of blooming sunflowers, rendered in radiant yellows, deep oranges, and flashes of violet and teal. The petals seem to twist and dance in the sunlight, with each brushstroke imparting a sense of motion and warmth. These sunflowers do not stand in quiet stillness-they pulse with life, leaning toward an unseen sun, animated by the breath of summer wind. Their golden hues dominate the foreground, creating a glowing sea of color that immediately draws the eye. The sunflowers are framed by a rustic wooden fence, hastily constructed and slightly uneven, reinforcing the sense of authenticity and simplicity that defines rural life. This fence, painted with rough brown and umber strokes, serves both as a literal and figurative boundary-separating the cultivated beauty of the garden from the wilder greenery beyond, while also framing the viewer's gaze. Behind the sunflower garden, a collection of thatched-roof cottages nestles comfortably into the landscape. Their rooftops are textured with streaks of soft gray and warm ochre, reflecting the passage of time and weather. The walls of the cottages are tinged with blues and whites, giving a sense of light and coolness beneath the sheltering trees. These homes are modest, humble, and timeless, suggesting a deep connection to the land and a way of life rooted in the natural rhythms of the seasons. The backdrop is rich with vegetation-tall trees rendered in deep greens and rust tones reach upward toward a sky that shifts between lavender, lilac, and pale blue. These trees, though simplified in form, have a strong presence, their trunks streaked with red and black to hint at age and resilience. They frame the buildings and stretch beyond them, suggesting continuity and stability in a place shaped by generations of care and cultivation.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Sunflower gardens"
* 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 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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