Oil painting Mysterious night under the moon Oleksiy Ivanyuk

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The oil painting on Cardboard titled "Mysterious night under the moon" invites the viewer into a surreal dreamscape where the boundaries between reality and imagination dissolve in the glow of moonlight. The composition is bold and emotionally charged, capturing a fantastical countryside scene with an almost mystical aura. The artist’s brushwork, characterized by thick impasto and swirling strokes, enhances the otherworldly atmosphere, turning an otherwise familiar rural motif into a magical vision. At the heart of the painting stand five towering haystacks, their unusual height and form rendering them nearly anthropomorphic. Covered in tones of soft grey, mossy green, and lavender, these stacks appear to shimmer in the moonlight. Their exaggerated verticality and the glowing highlights along their peaks evoke the spires of forgotten temples or ancient guardians watching over the land. The haystacks are not merely agricultural structures here—they are symbols, perhaps of memory, silence, or age-old rituals carried out under the cloak of night. Above them looms a vast, dark violet sky, alive with motion and contrast. Brushstrokes of rich aubergine, crimson, and maroon swirl and collide, mirroring the turbulence of dreams or the secrets held by the night. A crescent moon arcs delicately to the left, painted in a luminous greenish hue that echoes faintly across the scene, casting a spell over the landscape below. The moon is not just a celestial body here—it is a presence, almost sentient, watching, illuminating, revealing. The horizon line is aglow with warm bursts of orange, red, and gold—perhaps the lingering embers of a sunset or an echo of inner fire. These hues contrast sharply with the coolness of the hay and sky, imbuing the painting with tension and depth. The artist’s palette teeters between warmth and chill, between the conscious and subconscious, reinforcing the mystery that permeates the entire scene. In the foreground, the earth comes alive in a quilt of electric greens, cobalt blues, and saturated purples. The grass is not static but seems to breathe and ripple like water under the moon’s spell. The use of vibrant yellow-green at the base of the painting draws the eye and adds to the surreal illumination that envelops the terrain. Touches of magenta and ultramarine are woven through the shadows, as though hinting at unseen flowers or forgotten footsteps in the night.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Mysterious night under the moon"
* ARTISTS: Oleksiy Ivanyuk
* SIZE: 15x20 cm/'5.90x7.87 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 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.