Title: Oil painting Church over the river Yuriy Suprunchuk Description: No.AAA5290The oil painting on Cardboard titled "Church over the River" portrays a moment of spiritual serenity in a rural landscape where nature and human presence coexist in quiet harmony. The composition is a masterful interplay of light, texture, and emotion, guiding the viewer along a winding riverbank toward a distant church, whose domes rise like a prayer into the evening sky. The central element of the painting—the church itself—stands solemnly in the background, nestled among rich, dark trees and crowned with elegant onion domes painted in earthy tones with delicate hints of blue, lavender, and golden ochre. Its form is both grand and softened by distance, a vision of devotion and endurance through the passing of time. The architecture, while detailed enough to be recognizable, is rendered with painterly looseness, inviting imagination rather than insisting on precision. The river in the foreground captures the viewer’s eye with its gentle flow and soft reflections. The artist uses smooth, horizontal brushstrokes to depict the water’s surface, reflecting the quiet light of a sky tinged with peach and pale yellow clouds. This water becomes a natural divider between the spiritual space of the church and the more domestic, earthly life unfolding on the opposite shore. The path that runs parallel to the river begins with a few wheel ruts and light patches of bare earth. It invites the viewer’s gaze forward through the natural slope of the hill, past patches of vibrant green grass and wild vegetation rendered in expressive strokes of lime, olive, and emerald. Each brushstroke seems to flutter like leaves in a breeze or a memory stirred by light. To the right, atop a small rise, sits a modest house or cottage. Painted in rustic reds and whites, with the roof sloping diagonally and laundry hung out to dry, this structure offers a comforting sense of everyday life. The proximity of the dwelling to the church suggests a narrative of human proximity to faith, of daily toil occurring under the watchful eye of the divine.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Church over the river"
* ARTISTS: Yuriy Suprunchuk
* SIZE: 19.7x30.2 cm/7.75x11.88 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 artist: Zhitomir artist Suprunchuk Yuri Sergeevich Born on April 11, 1961, in the city of Zhitomir. Graduated from the Zheleznogorsk Art School, Russia (1982). Teachers in the specialty: V. Chukuev, E. Nikulin. Painter. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (2002). Major works: "Near the house" (2005), "Winter on the outskirts of Zhitomir" (2006), "Autumn still life" (2004). Lived and worked in the city of Zhitomir.
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