Oil painting Mallows are blooming near the house Oksana Ivanyuk

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The oil painting on Cardboard titled "Mallows Are Blooming Near the House" is a radiant homage to the quiet poetry of rural life, where even the simplest corners—a window, a wall, a flowerbed—can radiate warmth, history, and beauty. Created with thick, confident impasto strokes, this work transforms a familiar domestic scene into a vibrant celebration of nature’s exuberance and the gentle passage of time. The composition is centered around a rustic window framed by a whitewashed wall, its panes softened and weathered by years of sun and wind. Painted in creamy whites and delicate shades of pale yellow and cool blue, the window reflects light in a way that makes it feel both inviting and nostalgic. Inside the glass, vague shadows and a single red ceramic jug rest quietly, symbolizing the simplicity and lived-in charm of the house beyond the frame. The windowsill, marked by texture and subtle details, feels like a threshold between the inner world and the blooming life outside. Surrounding the window and rising proudly from the bottom of the canvas are lush stalks of blooming mallows. Their fiery red, deep magenta, and orange petals burst from the canvas with vivid intensity, layered in thick, swirling dabs of paint. Each bloom seems alive with its own gesture and mood—some wide open in sunlight, others still curled with morning dew. These flowers are not decorative; they are characters in their own right, witnesses to the quiet rhythm of life near this home. The artist captures their vertical elegance and natural abundance with a painterly energy that feels spontaneous yet deeply attentive. The green leaves of the mallows contrast beautifully with the flowers—broad, layered, and occasionally tinged with yellow, blue, or even violet, as the light filters and shifts across the scene. The garden is bordered loosely by rustic wooden stakes and bits of fencing, suggested with earthy strokes of brown, ochre, and cream, grounding the composition and anchoring the viewer in a sense of place. These boundary markers are humble but integral, reinforcing the handmade, human scale of the world depicted. Above the window, the wall rises into shadows of lavender and slate blue, where time and weather have marked their presence. The roof, painted in rough golden browns and accented by touches of mossy green, completes the structure with texture and weight, showing the wear and resilience of age.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Mallows are blooming near the house"
* ARTISTS: Oksana Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 20x15 cm/'7.87x5.90 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 artists: Oksana Ivanyuk was born in 1964 in Rivne region. The love of painting has taken over from the baby. From 1975 to 1980 she studied at the Zoryan Art School of Rivne region.
In 1985 she graduated from the Art College. M. Samokish (now has the status of a national university). Her teachers of painting were G. Kurilenko, V. Grigoriev. After graduating from the school, she began to work as a teacher of fine arts at the Piryatin School - a gymnasium of aesthetic education, which she founded with her husband in 1990.
Oksana Ivanyuk works in the landscape and still life genre. Personal exhibitions: Kyiv, Museum of Ukrainian Heritage; T. Shevchenko National Museum; the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the USA (California) and others. She has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Ukraine and abroad.