NoAAA5126The oil painting on Cardboard titled "The city and the soul of the village" evokes a profound sense of contrast and harmony between the forces of modern urban life and the enduring essence of rural tradition. With expressive impasto strokes and an earthy, grounded palette, the artist masterfully captures a moment that is both timeless and quietly powerful - a solitary figure immersed in labor amid a vast, verdant cabbage field. At the heart of the composition stands a woman, slightly hunched, as she pushes a wheelbarrow filled with freshly harvested cabbages. Her form is small yet central, wrapped in a brightly colored shawl that stands out like a warm ember against the sea of green. The vibrancy of her clothing - shades of yellow, orange, and blue - draws the viewer's eye and speaks of resilience, individuality, and the unspoken poetry of everyday toil. She is the soul of the village: patient, strong, and deeply connected to the land. Surrounding her, the cabbage field unfurls like a living carpet, textured with lush greens, deep ochres, and shadows of cool forest hues. The paint is applied with thick, layered strokes, giving the vegetation an almost sculptural presence. Each cabbage head is distinct, coiled and round, their forms emerging from the brushwork as though growing directly from the cardboard itself. The artist-s palette knife work suggests motion and life - the plants appear to rustle in a gentle breeze or respond to the distant hum of village life. Behind the field rise darkened silhouettes of village houses, their muted reds, purples, and browns grounding the composition with a sense of rootedness. Their angular rooftops contrast with the organic roundness of the cabbages below, symbolizing the dual structure of life: the man-made and the natural. Some of the roofs hint at modernization, with sharper, industrial lines that subtly allude to the encroachment of the city. These structures, though distant, are essential to the message of the painting - they represent the "city," not as an enemy, but as a presence ever looming on the horizon of traditional life. Above, the sky is a surreal shade of mint green, tinged with shadows and glimmers of violet. The trees are spare, almost skeletal in places, and painted with swift, expressive lines that suggest a wind passing through - perhaps a metaphor for change.*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING **** TITLE: "The city and the soul of the village"* ARTISTS: Alex Kalenyuk* SIZE: 15x20 cm/'5.90x7.87 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: 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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