Oil painting A walk outside the village Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA5606

The Oil painting Canvas titled “A walk outside the village” captures the peaceful harmony of rural life through a tapestry of vibrant colors and dynamic brushstrokes, evoking both the beauty of nature and the simplicity of everyday moments. This expressive landscape portrays the view beyond a village, where open fields, animals, and human presence merge seamlessly with the backdrop of rustic architecture and soft skies. The artist creates a world alive with texture, color, and warmth, immersing the viewer in the charm of a walk just outside the boundaries of a familiar settlement. In the upper part of the canvas, houses with pale walls and muted orange roofs rise gently, painted in a blend of cream, ochre, and hints of green. These dwellings are not rendered with precision but instead through thick, impressionistic strokes that suggest their forms, allowing the viewer’s imagination to complete the scene. They appear almost dreamlike, softened by the interplay of brushwork and layered pigment, giving the impression of memory or distant vision. The roofs tilt upward, and a church-like dome can be faintly recognized, indicating the presence of community, tradition, and faith within the village. Beneath these structures stretches a mass of rolling purple and blue forms, painted in swirling, energetic strokes that could represent flowering shrubs, trees, or undulating hills. The dynamic layering of violet, ultramarine, and muted pink conveys a landscape in motion, as though the land itself breathes with vitality. This section of the painting acts as a bridge between the village and the open field, uniting the human and natural worlds in a seamless continuum of color. The foreground bursts alive with the green-golden hues of a sunlit meadow. Here, the artist shifts into brighter, more saturated tones—luminous yellows, grassy greens, and hints of ochre—suggesting the richness of summer fields. In this space, cows graze peacefully, their bodies captured in quick, bold strokes of dark brown, crimson, and purple. Despite their abstract forms, their presence is instantly recognizable, lending movement and life to the pastoral setting.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "A walk outside the village"
* 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.