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Title: Oil painting Trees burn with the evening light Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: No.AAA5376The Oil painting on Canvas titled "Trees burn with the evening light" is an explosion of color and emotion, capturing a moment of transcendent beauty when nature is illuminated by the last golden rays of the setting sun. The canvas is alive with energetic brushstrokes, vibrant hues, and a dynamic composition that immerses the viewer in an almost dreamlike reality. The artist has chosen an expressive impasto technique, using thick applications of oil paint that build texture and depth, enhancing the visceral experience of the work. This painting is not just seen—it is felt. At the top of the canvas, the trees blaze with a palette of luminous yellows, oranges, and fiery reds, suggesting leaves ablaze with sunlight or flames of an inner fire. These warm tones blend into deeper reds and purples as the eye moves downward, evoking the transition from day to night. The trees themselves, with their exaggerated forms and swirling outlines, become almost mythological, guardians of this enchanted forest where nature meets spirit. These trees are not depicted with literal precision but are rather symbolic representations—fragments of memory, emotion, and fleeting light. Beneath the fiery canopy, shadows and silhouettes emerge, painted in cooler tones of blue, violet, green, and indigo. Figures are present in the scene—humans, perhaps travelers, lovers, or simply observers—rendered in abstract strokes, yet distinct in posture and presence. They seem to be enveloped in the spell of the forest, dwarfed by the magnitude of the burning trees above. The path they walk on is composed of curling, swirling whites and creams, implying movement, mystery, and the suggestion of a journey deeper into the scene or even into themselves. The contrast between light and dark in the composition adds emotional weight. The glowing treetops pulse with warmth and hope, while the enveloping darker tones below suggest introspection, reverence, or the unknown. There is a rhythm to the brushwork, almost musical in nature, as if the colors are dancing to an unseen melody composed by the sunset and the trees themselves. It’s a celebration of nature, light, and human presence in a landscape that transcends physical form. The use of color is unapologetically bold. The artist avoids realism in favor of a heightened reality—one that reflects an emotional truth rather than visual accuracy.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Trees burn with the evening light"
* 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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