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Title: Oil painting The house sleeps in the snow Oksana Kalenyuk

Description: NoAAA5062The oil painting on Cardboard titled "The House Sleeps in the Snow" captures the serene stillness of a winter's day in a quiet countryside village. Rendered in a vivid impasto style, this work evokes a tactile sensation of snow-covered land, frozen air, and timeless calm. With thick, expressive strokes and a cool-toned palette infused with warmth from light and shadow, the scene pulls the viewer into a hushed world where nature and rural life rest in harmony. At the heart of the composition is a traditional village house, its steep thatched roof cloaked in layers of snow. The house appears nestled into the winter landscape as if embracing the silence. Its cream-colored walls are gently kissed by soft lavender and rose hues that suggest the last traces of warm sunlight or perhaps the glow of a hearth flickering within. Dark windows reflect the sky, maintaining an introspective air, and contributing to the feeling that life inside has paused for winter's deep breath. Surrounding the house are familiar rural elements-an old wooden fence, the outlines of bare trees, and a well in the foreground, its lid heavy and frozen under a blanket of white. The entire yard is covered in thick, textured snow, portrayed through vigorous, sweeping strokes of white, blue, lilac, and mint. These brushstrokes do not just depict the snow-they give it form and movement, as if the cold is alive with whispers and memories. The sky above is composed of cool aquamarine and turquoise tones that contrast beautifully with the rich browns and indigos of the house's roof and the trees behind it. These colors blend to create an atmosphere that is both crisp and peaceful, evoking the clarity that often follows a heavy snowfall. The sky's lightness provides a calming canopy, as if gently sheltering the world below. To the right of the house, leafless trees stretch upward like skeletal fingers, their branches thin and dark against the snowy background. Their presence adds a quiet rhythm to the vertical space and reminds us of the natural cycle of dormancy and renewal. The red-orange tints along the tree trunks hint at life beneath the surface, a promise that winter, too, will pass.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "The house sleeps in the snow"
* ARTISTS: Oksana Kalenyuk
* SIZE: 15x20 cm/'5.90x7.87 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* 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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