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Title: Oil painting Moonlit Night in the Field Oleksiy Ivanyuk

Description: No.Kalen 1572The oil painting on Canvas titled "Moonlit Night in the Field" captures a quiet, contemplative moment under the deep cover of night, revealing the rich emotional weight and atmospheric beauty of rural life. Executed in a thick impasto style, the textured strokes of oil paint give the entire surface a sculptural, almost three-dimensional quality. The work draws the viewer into a mysterious and intimate landscape where darkness and muted light dance across the field and sky. In the foreground, we see an uneven field rendered in rich, earthy browns, ochres, and shadowy violets. The paint is layered with bold palette knife work, creating the tactile illusion of damp soil, rough grasses, and the aftermath of long workdays. Near the bottom edge of the composition, a faint glimmer of water—a stream or perhaps a puddle—catches a subtle reflection, breaking the monochrome with swirls of muted light blue, ivory, and gold. This reflection subtly anchors the composition, giving it a focal point of gentle luminosity amid the enveloping darkness. Emerging from the left side of the painting is the lone figure of a man. His stance is slightly bent forward, his long tool—perhaps a scythe or rake—indicating agricultural labor. Despite being positioned at the edge, he becomes the spiritual center of the piece. Dressed in a yellowish-golden hue that glows under the moonlight, he appears both physically weary and emotionally still, almost merged with the earth he works on. The artist uses a lighter, warmer palette for this figure compared to the rest of the scene, which makes him quietly luminous—an embodiment of human presence in a vast, indifferent world. The middle ground features a small distant village along the horizon line, with scattered dots of red, white, and green rooftops and small bright rectangles symbolizing lit windows. This distant glow contrasts with the dark, moody palette of the field, hinting at human life and warmth. The village is a symbol of shelter, routine, and community—perhaps where the worker will soon return after a long day. It also provides a visual balance, offsetting the somber, heavy tones of the land with a gentle suggestion of life continuing beyond the solitude of labor. Above it all, the sky is a swirling, thick expanse of layered twilight. The brushwork here becomes more abstract, expressive, and emotionally charged. Deep blues, grays, purples, and black tones are scraped and blended to evoke the shifting, living sky. A crescent moon hovers to the upper left of the scene, rendered in a soft ochre-white glow. It acts not as a spotlight but a quiet guardian—a witness to both the solitude and nobility of night labor. The moon’s placement and curve echo the posture of the man, as if nature itself is bending with him in unison.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Moonlit Night in the Field"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 50x60 cm/'19.68x23.62 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: Photos provide accurate information about the product.
About the artist: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the Crimean 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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