Title: Oil painting Summer evening in the forest Alex Kalenyuk Description: NoAAA5199The oil painting on Canvas titled "Summer Evening in the Forest" radiates warmth and movement, capturing the final golden moments of daylight as they filter through a vibrant woodland. The composition is alive with energetic brushstrokes and saturated colors, evoking the fleeting magic of a summer evening when nature feels both at rest and in motion. In the foreground, a lively path winds its way through a clearing, its ochre and ivory tones suggesting the well-trodden softness of the forest floor. This path invites the viewer into the painting, guiding the eye past the greenery toward the shadows of the trees and beyond, into the sun-drenched distance. The palette knife technique used here gives the surface a rich texture, each stroke layered with care and intensity, suggesting leaves, grasses, soil, and sunlight in a single motion. The dominant figures in the painting are tall trees with striking red and orange trunks, standing proudly in the middle and foreground. Their leaves are rendered in swirling masses of ochre, olive, and cobalt blue, indicating the meeting point of sun and shade, heat and breeze. The branches reach skyward in erratic, expressive lines, echoing the untamed freedom of summer growth. These trees are not rigid or static-they sway visually, animated by the artist's energetic hand and the evening wind implied in the sky. Between the trees and across the middle of the canvas, a herd of cows grazes quietly, their rounded forms nestled into the grassy field. Rendered in dashes of black, white, and rust, these animals serve as grounding figures in the scene-calm and contented, providing a contrast to the wild colors around them. They bring a sense of serenity and rhythm, reinforcing the idea of nature at peace as the day draws to a close. The background horizon glows with brilliant yellow and golden hues, suggesting a sun setting just beyond the hills. This brilliant light pours through the breaks in the trees, bathing the scene in a warm, radiant glow. Above, the sky is a tapestry of cerulean, rose, and lavender tones, brushed thickly in abstract swirls. The cloud shapes are not rigid or defined-they float with painterly looseness, emphasizing the dreamlike quality of the time between daylight and dusk.*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING **** TITLE: "Summer evening in the forest"* ARTISTS: Alex Kalenyuk* 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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