Oil painting Night on the field Oleksiy Ivanyuk

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The Oil painting Canvas titled “Night on the field” unfolds like a vivid tapestry of colors and emotions, capturing the mystical transformation of nature as daylight recedes and the quiet majesty of night begins to spread its wings. With bold strokes of the palette knife and richly layered textures, the artist creates a landscape that is both grounded in reality and transcendent in imagination, blurring the boundaries between the visible world and the inner experience of twilight’s arrival. The foreground dominates with intense fiery tones of orange, crimson, and deep gold. These thick impasto strokes suggest the last remnants of sunlight clinging to tall grass and field plants, their edges glowing as if aflame under the final rays of dusk. The texture here is heavy and tactile, inviting the viewer to almost feel the rustling of grasses and the warmth that still lingers in the soil, even as the air cools with the coming night. This field, painted with an energy that borders on abstraction, conveys not just a visual scene but a sensory one—heat, movement, and the hum of life preparing for nocturnal silence. Above the field, a deep band of purples and earthy browns stretches across the canvas, suggesting the middle distance where cattle or sheep, rendered in small dark dabs of paint, are scattered across the meadow. These creatures, though loosely defined, bring a grounding presence to the work. They remind us that life continues its rhythm regardless of the drama unfolding in the sky, and their quiet grazing underscores the harmony between man, animal, and land. The artist paints them not as individuals but as part of a larger natural symphony, blending into the purple shadows of the earth. To the right, tall trees rise against the horizon, their trunks painted in deep reds, oranges, and purples. They stand like sentinels, glowing as though lit from within, marking the transition between day and night. The fiery tones of their bark and foliage contrast with the cooler shades of the background, symbolizing both the energy of life and the calm inevitability of nightfall. Their vertical presence draws the eye upward, linking earth to sky in a dialogue of color and form.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Night on the field"
* 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.