Oil painting A moment between light and darkness Oleksiy Ivanyuk

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The Oil painting on Canvas titled "A Moment Between Light and Darkness" captures a fleeting instant when day surrenders to night and the horizon becomes a stage for subtle drama. Executed with thick, expressive brushstrokes, the composition immerses the viewer in a golden-hued landscape where earthy tones dominate and fractured light glimmers across the canvas like scattered embers. The textured layering of paint creates a tactile dimension, making the landscape feel alive and in motion — as though one could feel the warmth of the sun still clinging to the earth while the shadows of evening rise steadily in the background. The palette, rich in ochres, burnt siennas, russets, and deep violets, reveals the artist’s intuitive understanding of color harmony and atmospheric transition. The sky, rendered in layered swirls of lavender, muted orange, and stormy brown, mirrors the turbulent energy of dusk. It appears both calm and foreboding, echoing the duality of light and shadow, warmth and coolness, hope and introspection. These dualities converge across the textured expanse of the field, which is dotted with abstract forms that resemble mounds of hay, golden crops, or perhaps ancient boulders, each catching the last rays of the sun before they dissolve into the twilight. The middle ground introduces subtle purple undertones, as if a veil of night is slowly unfurling across the terrain. These tones deepen toward the base of the mountains, silhouetted against the sky like sleeping giants, monumental and unmoved by the ephemeral light show above. Each stroke in this area becomes more deliberate and darker, suggesting the closing of the day, a retreat inward, and the mystery that night brings. In the foreground, the warm browns and golds are infused with hints of red and violet, providing a vibrant energy that draws the viewer’s eye and grounds the composition in warmth. The use of impasto, where the paint stands proud from the canvas, adds a sculptural element to the work. This enhances the feeling of immediacy — as though the moment captured is still unfolding, resisting the inevitable fade into darkness. What makes this painting especially powerful is its emotional resonance. It speaks of transience — of those moments when time slows, light fades, and perception deepens. It is not simply a depiction of landscape, but a poetic meditation on change, on the beauty that lies between beginnings and endings. The viewer is left with a sense of stillness, of reverence, and of connection to something both earthly and eternal.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "A moment between light and darkness"
* 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.