Oil Painting Autumn Evening in the Field Oksana Ivanyuk

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The Oil painting Canvas titled “Autumn evening in the field” is a vivid and expressive depiction of rural tranquility captured … Read more The Oil painting Canvas titled “Autumn evening in the field” is a vivid and expressive depiction of rural tranquility captured at the moment when day gives way to night, and the autumn colors seem to glow with their last light. The artist employs an impasto technique, layering paint so thickly that the strokes themselves become part of the narrative, pulling the viewer not only into the image but into the very texture of the scene. The painting is alive with fiery hues of orange, red, and ochre, suggesting fields warmed by the setting sun and trees blazing with autumn’s final brilliance. Against this backdrop, tall vertical trees rise like guardians of the field, their trunks and foliage rendered in bold strokes of red, gold, green, and violet. They stand in rhythmic succession, creating a natural barrier between earth and sky, their forms swaying yet steadfast, as though whispering to one another in the evening air. At the base of the scene, the presence of grazing animals, likely cows, painted in tones of white, brown, and soft pinks, brings a pastoral calm that balances the intensity of the landscape. These figures, though abstract in their execution, ground the composition in everyday rural life, connecting the grandeur of nature to the quiet rituals of survival and sustenance. Their relaxed posture conveys peace, reminding the viewer of the harmony between humans, animals, and land that defines village existence. The field beneath them is a patchwork of deep greens, earthy browns, and strokes of bright orange, a mosaic of colors that both celebrates and laments the season’s decline. The artist’s palette knife work captures not just the look but the tactile sensation of grasses and soil underfoot, rough and varied, glowing with the remnants of daylight. Above, the sky opens in tones of turquoise and teal, a surprising contrast to the warm earth tones below. This contrast heightens the drama of the moment, suggesting the crisp clarity of an autumn evening when the cool air begins to dominate and the light sharpens just before it fades. Wisps of lighter strokes, perhaps clouds or streaks of thinning daylight, create movement in the sky, while also echoing the vertical lines of the trees, linking earth and heavens in visual dialogue. The intense juxtaposition of cool sky against hot ground makes the viewer feel both the heat of the day’s end and the chill of the approaching night.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Autumn evening in the field"
* ARTISTS: Oksana 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: Ivanyuk Oksana 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 Crimean 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. See less