Oil painting Autumn evening Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA5594

The Oil painting Canvas titled “Autumn evening” is an exuberant ode to the richness of the fall season, a vibrant portrayal that bursts with saturated tones and expressive textures, capturing not only the beauty of nature but also the dynamic energy that defines autumn. Executed with thick impasto strokes and bold contrasts, the painting pulls the viewer into a landscape where every brushstroke is alive with movement, every color glows with intensity, and every detail radiates the warmth and abundance of the season. The canvas immediately immerses the eye in a symphony of reds, oranges, and golds that dominate the foreground and middle ground. These fiery tones depict the foliage of trees in full autumn splendor, their crowns ablaze under the clear sky. The artist’s use of impasto—layering paint in thick, tactile swathes—creates a sense of three-dimensionality, as if the viewer could reach out and touch the crisp leaves that seem ready to rustle in the wind. The trees are not painted as static forms but rather as living entities, full of vitality and movement, their trunks and branches outlined with bold strokes of crimson, violet, and deep brown. Against this vibrant backdrop, the cooler hues of turquoise, emerald green, and deep blue interlace with the warmer palette, establishing a visual balance that intensifies the dynamism of the scene. The patches of green grass in the foreground are flecked with accents of yellow and purple, suggesting the interplay of sunlight and shadow as it dances across the uneven ground. The contrasting tones evoke the richness of nature’s palette at this time of year, when the fading warmth of summer and the encroaching chill of winter overlap in striking harmony. The sky above offers a softer, yet equally expressive contrast. Painted in sweeping strokes of light turquoise and pale yellow, it creates a luminous canopy that enhances the vibrancy of the autumnal hues below. Wisps of warm peach and subtle lavender infiltrate the horizon, suggesting the gentle glow of a setting sun or the first light of morning. The interplay between the sky’s calmness and the land’s fiery intensity conveys a sense of fleeting time—the transient beauty of autumn that is both celebratory and poignant.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Autumn evening"
* 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.