Oil painting Autumn crimson Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№Kalen 1560

The oil painting on Canvas titled "Autumn Crimson" vividly captures the rich emotional tapestry and visual intensity of early fall, when nature ignites in a final burst of color before descending into winter’s quiet. Rendered with thick, expressive impasto strokes, this composition is a celebration of autumn’s expressive palette and rural simplicity. The viewer is immediately drawn into a world alive with movement, color, and warmth, where the land and people seem bound by a shared rhythm. The focal point of the painting lies in the row of strikingly crimson and burgundy trees that dominate the background. These trees, bursting with saturated hues of red, rust, maroon, and orange, rise vertically and dramatically, like torches of fire against a cooler blue sky. Their forms are not rigidly outlined but rather built through thick swirls and dabs of paint, giving them a living, breathing quality. The brushstrokes are bold and dynamic, creating a sense of rustling leaves and shifting light. These trees don’t merely stand — they seem to dance in unison, a collective embodiment of the season’s passionate farewell. Beneath this crimson canopy, the land is alive with golden yellows, lime greens, and soft ochres. The field appears warm and sunlit, perhaps in the golden hours of late afternoon, just before dusk. The grass, painted in textured layers of yellow-green and earthy browns, flows naturally across the canvas with visible brushmarks that give a sense of depth and motion. The field’s unevenness is rendered through a tapestry of tonal shifts — from buttery highlights to deeper olive shadows — evoking the soft terrain of harvested land or pasture. Nestled in the foreground are several small figures — peasants or perhaps family members — crouched low to the ground, working or simply gathering in the field. Their simplified forms, painted with quick, expressive strokes, give them a presence that is subtle but emotionally resonant. The figures are clad in clothes of deep turquoise, soft pink, pale blue, and earthen browns, standing out in contrast to the yellow field but harmonizing with the overall palette. They are not idealized but real — a human echo of the natural vibrancy that surrounds them.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Autumn crimson"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 25x30 cm/'9.84x11.81 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: Photos provide accurate information about the product.

About the artist: Born March 13, 1954, in the city of Piryatin, Poltava region. He graduated from the Crimean 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.