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Title: Oil painting Moments of happiness under the blue sky Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: NoAAA5399The Oil painting on canvas titled "Moments of Happiness Under the Blue Sky" radiates with the energy and emotion of nature captured at its most vibrant and joyous. This expressive landscape bursts with a dazzling array of color, texture, and movement, drawing the viewer into a dreamlike world filled with warmth and vitality. Executed with a palette knife, the thick impasto application of paint creates a sculptural effect on the canvas, making each brushstroke feel alive with intent and celebration. In the foreground, a rustic fence weaves across the composition, its deep red-brown tones anchoring the composition while adding a sense of rhythm and structure. The uneven, handmade quality of the fence introduces a human presence - humble and grounded - within this exuberant natural scene. The wooden bars stretch across rich patches of green grass, painted in dynamic strokes of lime, emerald, and olive, all layered in ways that evoke movement and sunlight filtering through vegetation. Beyond the fence, a series of brilliant, golden-orange and crimson hills rise like flames. Their surface is textured with bold, spontaneous strokes in vibrant reds, burnt siennas, and dashes of magenta and violet, suggesting either the peak of autumn or a fantastical vision of nature in full bloom. The hills undulate in height and form, dancing under the gaze of a wide and open sky, while leafy green highlights crawl over their curves, implying lush growth and life clinging to every surface. Above the hills, soft clouds float gently in a turquoise-blue sky, their fluffy forms painted in shades of lavender, ivory, and pale pink. The interplay of these lighter pastels against the intense colors of the terrain below creates a powerful emotional contrast - tranquility meets passion, and calmness meets joy. The painter's choice of colors is fearless yet harmonious, hinting at moments of epiphany and bliss that can only be experienced when immersed in nature's grandeur. The scene is not merely a landscape but a metaphor for joy, freedom, and connection - a place where earth and sky touch, where chaos and beauty coexist. The wildness of the brushwork and the exaggerated color scheme encourage the viewer to abandon realism in favor of feeling. "Moments of Happiness Under the Blue Sky" is an invitation to remember the small wonders in life: the warmth of sunlight, the rustle of leaves, the scent of grass after rain, and the quiet magic that exists in ordinary places.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Moments of happiness under the blue sky"
* 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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