Oil painting Day beneath the sky Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA5254

The oil painting on Canvas titled "Day Beneath the Sky" radiates the vibrant warmth and serenity of a sunlit countryside afternoon. The canvas is alive with the symphony of colors that echo the joy of ordinary life spent in nature’s embrace. Each stroke of the palette knife and brush captures not just the forms of trees, grass, sky, and figures, but the very sensations of heat, breeze, light, and laughter that define a perfect day under the open sky. In the foreground, the viewer’s gaze is caught by a carpet of golden-yellow grass, thick with texture and motion, almost as if it were freshly stirred by a gust of wind. The strokes vary from broad swaths to delicate flecks, creating a rhythm that mimics sun rays falling unevenly over the earth. Amid this field, two central figures sit—women perhaps, painted in warm whites, reds, and ochres. Their presence suggests a moment of rest, conversation, or gentle labor. One bends, seemingly picking something from the field—a flower, a berry, or a fallen fruit. The other sits upright, a symbol of pause and presence. The red kerchief or headscarf, visible against the surrounding blue, gives a powerful focal accent that draws the viewer inward emotionally. Behind them, a rich tapestry of color suggests the village or garden wall, perhaps even a carefully cultivated patch—rendered in bold blue hues with dashes of yellow-green, as if to hint at irrigation, tilled soil, or the geometric order of a flowerbed. A pale circular fountain or planter shape at the center of this area offers a focal element, reinforcing the sense of calm and leisure that permeates the composition. It's as though the whole garden blooms around this central stillness. To the left, a blooming tree explodes in pinks, purples, and emeralds, its branches swaying above the figures like a guardian canopy. The blossoms, painted in heavy impasto, seem tactile—one could almost pluck them from the canvas. These flowers speak of late spring or early summer, of fragrant air and buzzing bees, of beauty at its peak. The thick trunk and deep greens anchor the left side with strength and stability. The upper half of the composition is dominated by a sky that refuses to be passive background. Swirled with cobalt, azure, turquoise, and touches of lavender, the sky seems sculpted rather than painted. It pulsates with movement and depth, as though it, too, is alive and watching.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Day beneath the sky"
* 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.