Oil painting Cool autumn evening Oleksiy Ivanyuk

№AAA4741

The oil painting on cardboard titled "Cool Autumn Evening" captures the striking contrast between the warmth of autumn foliage and the chilling embrace of the evening sky. With bold, expressive brushstrokes and a rich impasto technique, the composition invites the viewer into a world where colors burst with intensity, and the textures seem almost tangible. This work is not just a representation of a season but an emotional experience, a moment frozen in time that conveys the duality of autumn’s beauty and its approaching dormancy. The composition is dominated by a grove of trees with leaves ablaze in fiery reds, deep oranges, and golden yellows. These colors seem to shimmer and flicker like flames against the backdrop of a cool, dusky evening. The artist’s use of thick paint application brings the trees to life, giving them movement and depth, as if the wind is sweeping through the branches, rustling the last remaining leaves. The twisting, gnarled trunks and elongated strokes suggest both resilience and the inevitable passage of time as autumn transitions into winter. The ground is a mesmerizing mix of greens and purples, with deep blues woven into the landscape, emphasizing the cooling effect of the evening air. A rustic wooden fence in the foreground, painted in lively, almost erratic strokes, adds a sense of structure to the piece while also symbolizing the boundary between cultivated land and untamed nature. The fence is not rigid but rather fluid, almost bending with the movement of the wind, reinforcing the dynamic energy of the scene. Beyond the trees, the land stretches into the distance, where scattered haystacks, painted in warm golden hues, dot the rolling purple fields. These haystacks, though seemingly small in comparison to the dominant trees, ground the composition, providing a sense of scale and perspective. Their golden tones contrast beautifully with the cool purples and blues of the evening shadows, demonstrating the artist’s masterful use of complementary colors to create harmony and visual interest. The sky, painted in a mixture of soft blues and turquoise with hints of lingering daylight, contrasts sharply with the fiery hues of the trees. The brushstrokes in the sky are smoother and more fluid, suggesting the quiet, expansive vastness of the approaching night. It feels cool and serene, yet not entirely devoid of warmth, as traces of daylight still reflect off the wispy clouds.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Cool autumn evening"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 15x20 cm/'5.90x7.87 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* 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 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.