Oil painting Pink winter evening Oksana Ivanyuk

№AAA4494

The painting "Pink Winter Evening" is a mesmerizing depiction of a serene yet dramatic winter landscape, where the cold of the season meets the warmth of the setting sun. Through expressive and textured brushstrokes, the artist captures the interplay of light and shadow, transforming the sky into a dreamy expanse of purples, blues, and soft pinks, reflecting off the snow-covered ground. The sky dominates the upper portion of the composition, filled with thick, swirling clouds tinged with hues of lavender, deep violet, and dusky blue. These colors create a sense of depth, as if the evening is slowly wrapping the landscape in its embrace. Scattered among the clouds, golden highlights suggest the last remnants of daylight, casting a gentle glow over the horizon. The moon, partially hidden behind the moving clouds, lends a mystical touch to the atmosphere, as if the night is beginning to assert itself over the fading pink hues of the sunset. In the middle ground, the landscape unfolds with snow-covered haystacks, their warm brown and ochre tones breaking the coolness of the surrounding snow. These structures, capped with white patches of accumulated snow, appear sturdy and enduring, a testament to the quiet resilience of the countryside in winter. The brushstrokes used to render them are bold and impasto-rich, lending them a tactile, almost sculptural presence on the canvas. Further back, silhouettes of fences and structures stretch across the scene, their dark lines adding contrast to the luminous sky. The fencing, with its rough, uneven strokes, creates a sense of enclosure, emphasizing the stillness and isolation of the winter landscape. The foreground is dominated by the snow-covered earth, painted with thick layers of impasto, where the colors blend seamlessly into one another. Subtle variations of blues, purples, and pinks reflect the light of the sky above, reinforcing the idea of a landscape bathed in the afterglow of the sun. Small, deliberate touches of white highlight the texture of the snow, creating the illusion of crisp, untouched drifts. A solitary figure, barely more than a few strokes of dark color, walks along the snowy path in the lower right corner. Their presence, though small, adds a poignant human element to the scene, emphasizing the vastness of the landscape and the quiet solitude that winter often brings.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Pink winter evening"
* ARTISTS: Oksana 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 artists: Kalenyuk 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 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.
Kalenyuk Oksana 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.