Oil painting Neighbors in the summer garden Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA5134

The oil painting on Cardboard titled "Neighbors in the summer garden" offers a vibrant and intimate glimpse into a scene of everyday rural life, rendered through expressive palette knife strokes and an emotive color palette. This piece captures a fleeting yet profoundly familiar moment—neighbors meeting under the open sky, surrounded by the natural beauty and rhythm of a summer day. At the heart of the painting are two women, their brightly colored kerchiefs and skirts immediately drawing the eye. Standing close, they are depicted in mid-conversation beside an old village well. Their postures suggest ease and familiarity—bodies slightly inclined toward one another, as if sharing stories or exchanging news. Though the figures are impressionistically formed, their energy and presence are unmistakable. They act not just as human elements in a landscape but as vessels of connection and tradition. The foreground is awash with luminous greens and yellows, conveying the vibrancy of summer grass under midday sunlight. The use of thick impasto brushwork creates a tactile, almost sculptural effect, giving the earth a sense of richness and life. Sunlight dances across the garden space, revealing paths worn by use, subtle dips in the ground, and spots where nature has been shaped by human hands. Browns and ochres interlace with the greens, suggesting well-trodden paths and a narrative of repeated movement—each step reinforcing the communal memory of the land. In the background, we see modest village homes with steep roofs, nestled against a dense wall of trees that border the garden. These structures, painted in soft creams and muted oranges, evoke warmth and safety. Their slightly tilted angles and loosely rendered details give them a dreamlike quality, as though they are not just physical structures but part of a larger memory. One small building, topped with a red roof, adds a cheerful pop of color, standing out like a childhood recollection in a field of more subdued tones. Behind the houses, the forest rises up in bold vertical strokes of green, purple, and brown, creating a dramatic contrast to the openness of the garden. The trees loom tall and somewhat mysterious, a reminder of nature's untamed presence on the edge of cultivated land. Flecks of red and violet flicker between the trunks like whispers of the unseen—wild berries, falling leaves, or perhaps just the play of light filtered through layers of foliage.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Neighbors in the summer garden"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* 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.