Oil painting Bright summer dawn Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA5634

The Oil painting Canvas titled “Bright summer dawn” radiates with the freshness, intensity, and vibrancy of a new day’s beginning, where the beauty of rural simplicity meets the magnificence of dawn. At first glance, the viewer is immediately enveloped by the glowing backdrop of the sunrise. The entire horizon bursts into a blaze of fiery orange-red, evoking the first strong rays of the sun spilling over the land, warming the fields, and setting the scene alive with an otherworldly glow. The texture of the brushstrokes in this area is thick and expressive, making the surface appear almost molten, as though the warmth of morning itself were painted directly onto the canvas. Standing boldly in the foreground are three iconic forms—haystacks, rendered in earthy shades of red, brown, purple, and deep crimson. Their elongated triangular shapes rise like monuments against the vibrant morning sky. The artist captures not only their physical presence but also their symbolic weight as emblems of agrarian life and the cycles of labor and harvest. Each haystack is given its own individuality through varying hues and tonal shifts, with shadows of deep blue and green pooling at their bases. These darker strokes root the haystacks firmly in the earth, grounding them in the fertile field while simultaneously providing contrast to the blazing sky above. The ground is awash in luminous golden yellows and ochres, the paint layered generously to create a sense of depth and richness. These tones suggest fields still glistening with dew, their textures highlighted by the slant of the rising sun. The yellows intermingle with touches of green and turquoise, lending freshness and variety to the surface, and hinting at the lush energy of the land at daybreak. The brushwork is active, with directional strokes that guide the eye across the canvas, mimicking the undulating movement of grasses swaying in the early morning air. Above, the sky shifts from the fiery reds of the horizon into cooler shades of turquoise, aquamarine, and pale teal. Wisps of violet and lavender clouds drift across the scene, their softness contrasting the intensity of the glowing dawn. These cloud formations are highlighted with faint pinks and ochres, echoing the light of the sun below, as though the entire heavens are infused with the day’s awakening energy.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Bright summer dawn"
* 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.