Oil painting Moonlit night over the city Oksana Ivanyuk

№AAA5063

The oil painting on Cardboard titled "Moonlit Night Over the City" is a mesmerizing expressionist portrayal of a dreamlike urban landscape bathed in the quiet poetry of moonlight. Rendered in thick, impasto strokes, the scene comes alive with swirling textures, rich color contrasts, and a luminous celestial atmosphere. The composition invites the viewer into a world where imagination and reality meet under a sky painted in the deepest shades of midnight blue. The sky dominates the canvas, flowing with dynamic movement and painterly rhythm. Using varying shades of cobalt, ultramarine, and violet, the artist creates a vast nocturnal expanse that feels both infinite and intimate. Flecks of yellow and orange punctuate the darkness, symbolizing distant stars that shimmer like scattered embers. These glowing accents, although small, bring warmth and vitality to the cool blues, and suggest a silent harmony between the heavens and the earth below. A crescent moon curves gently into the upper left quadrant of the painting, its pale yellow hue providing a focal point that glows softly amidst the swirling sky. The brushwork around it suggests winds, clouds, or celestial movement, imbuing the moon with a magnetic energy that seems to ripple across the entire scene. This luminous crescent serves as a visual anchor and a poetic symbol, evoking reflection, mystery, and timeless wonder. Beneath this star-studded canopy lies the city—a compact cluster of illuminated buildings rendered with lively dabs of paint in ochre, white, amber, and teal. The architectural forms are loosely defined, their exact edges melting into the surrounding colors, as if the city is in a state of dreamy suspension. Among the rooftops, a domed structure, likely a cathedral or prominent civic building, rises prominently, its dome aglow with the same golden tones as the moon. It suggests a sacredness or cultural importance, serving as a beacon of light and continuity in the sleeping city. In the foreground, thick layers of lavender, periwinkle, and lilac evoke the uneven texture of a snowy or stone-covered ground. These pastel tones lead the eye inward toward the buildings, creating a sense of gentle movement and transition. The lower area of the painting also reflects subtle hints of pink and magenta, adding vibrancy and echoing the cosmic energy swirling above.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Moonlit night over the city"
* ARTISTS: Oksana Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 20x15 cm/'7.87x5.90 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 artists: Oksana Ivanyuk 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.
Oksana Ivanyuk 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.