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The oil painting on Canvas titled "Cold March Days" vividly captures the quiet, melancholic atmosphere of the waning days of winter, when nature hesitantly prepares to shed its frostbitten stillness and allow spring to take root. With thick, expressive strokes and a palette infused with chilly hues, the artist encapsulates the emotional depth and subtle drama of rural life during this in-between season. At the center of the composition stands a modest village house, its whitewashed walls and teal-blue roof giving it a stoic yet inviting presence. The windows, dark but reflective, peer outward like silent witnesses to the slow march of seasons. The architecture is simple, almost humble, yet there is a dignity to its sturdinessa house that has withstood countless winters and now braces for the final stretch of cold. The blue-green of the roof stands in contrast to the earthy browns and grays around it, symbolizing resilience and a glimmer of hope amid dormancy. Surrounding the house are clusters of leafless trees with red-brown trunks and pale limbssome stark and upright, others slightly twisted by the wind. Their branches reach skyward, etched with an expressive urgency, as if yearning for warmth and renewal. The trees add vertical motion to the painting, their bare silhouettes evoking both vulnerability and strength. The brushwork here is quick and rough, suggesting the biting wind and restless weather of early March. The sky above is a complex blend of grays, blues, and pale lavenders, heavily textured with palette knife strokes. These swirling tones suggest a sky in fluxneither winter nor springcapturing the unstable temperament of March weather. It's a sky filled with tension and promise, ominous clouds hovering low while hints of softer light attempt to break through. In the foreground, the earth is painted in rough patches of ochre, olive green, and muddy violet. The brushstrokes mimic the uneven terrain, the mix of frozen ground and early thaw. The remnants of snow have melted into streaks of wet soil, and while the grass remains mostly dormant, patches of green peek througha quiet, stubborn resistance to the cold. A crooked wooden fence stretches across the bottom, partially sunken and broken in places, yet still performing its function of marking space and guarding memory.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Cold March days"
* ARTISTS: Oksana 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 artists: Kalenyuk Oksana was born in 1964 in Rivne region. The love of painting has taken over from the baby. From 1975 to 1980 she studied at the Zoryan Art School of Rivne region.
In 1985 she graduated from the Art College. M. Samokish (now has the status of a national university). Her teachers of painting were G. Kurilenko, V. Grigoriev. After graduating from the school, she began to work as a teacher of fine arts at the Piryatin School - a gymnasium of aesthetic education, which she founded with her husband in 1990.
Kalenyuk Oksana works in the landscape and still life genre. Personal exhibitions: Kyiv, Museum of Ukrainian Heritage; T. Shevchenko National Museum; the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the USA (California) and others. She has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Ukraine and abroad.
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