A Busy Courtyard,
2025
Oksana Ivanyuk
Painting : oil
15 x 20 x 2 cm 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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15 x 20 x 2 cm 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Ukraine
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The oil painting on Canvas titled "A Busy Courtyard" captures a vivid, sun-soaked moment of traditional rural life with warmth, movement, and painterly texture. Through a harmonious blend of thick impasto technique and vibrant colors, the artist recreates the intimate world of a Ukrainian village courtyard, where the bustle of everyday life unfolds beneath thatched rooftops and open skies. At the heart of the composition stands a whitewashed cottage with a thatched roof, rendered in textured strokes of earthy browns and straw-gold, its angular shape balanced by the deep blues of the window frames and shadows. This house, slightly imperfect and full of character, feels both ancient and lovingly maintained. A wooden ladder leans against the roof, suggesting maintenance or tradition—a symbol of self-reliance. Light plays along the roof's surface, emphasizing the natural materials and tactile nature of the home. The courtyard, a spread of golden soil and scattered greenery, serves as the stage for village life. Chickens in various shades of red, brown, and black bustle across the yard, their energetic movements captured with quick, swirling dabs of paint. These birds are not mere accessories to the scene—they are symbols of vitality and daily rhythm, enriching the composition with a sense of perpetual motion. The artist's bold, confident strokes bring their feathers and fluttering to life, animated by the sunlight. To the right of the house, a woman in traditional attire—red blouse, blue skirt—stands engaged in a humble task, perhaps chatting or tending to her surroundings. Her posture is relaxed, almost at one with the structure beside her, reinforcing the unity between the people and their environment. She embodies a kind of rootedness that defines the rural way of life, centered on home, land, and family. The simple gesture of her presence brings human warmth and narrative to the piece. Surrounding the house, low fences and simple wooden structures add compositional framing, painted with loose but deliberate strokes. On the left, the golden wheat fields stretch to the horizon in thick, flowing patches of color, suggesting harvest and abundance. The way the yellow of the fields blends into the sandy ground of the courtyard reflects a natural continuum between the cultivated and the lived-in.
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Oksana Antonivna Ivanyuk is an outstanding artist from Poltava, Ukraine, born on November 9, 1964, in the village of Zorya, Rivne region. Her talent and love for art manifested from a young age, and she decided to dedicate her life to creating marvelous paintings.
Oksana Antonivna obtained a higher education at the N. Samokish Crimean Art School, where she was mentored by eminent artists H. Kurylenko and V. Hryhoriyev. After completing her studies, she actively developed her talents in the field of painting, focusing on realistic-style landscapes and still lifes.
From 1989 to 2008, Oksana worked as an art teacher at the Pyriatyn School-Gymnasium of Aesthetic Education in Poltava Oblast, where she imparted her knowledge to her students and instilled in them a love for art.
As an active member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2010, Oksana participated in various exhibitions, both at the national and international levels, earning recognition for her talent and mastery.
Oksana Ivanyuk held solo exhibitions in Kyiv, Lubny (Poltava Oblast), Pryluky (Chernihiv Oblast), and Poltava, where she showcased her profound and emotional works. Among them are "The Last Snow. March" (2002), "Flood" (2005), "Silence" (2006), "The Last Ray," "Christmas Cathedral" (2008), "Autumn," "Kalyna on the Table" (2010). Her artworks can also be found in the National Art Museum and the Museum of Cultural Heritage in Kyiv.
Residing and working in Poltava, Oksana Ivanyuk embodied her artistic ideas in striking canvases that convey her inner awakenings, feelings, and emotions. Her art always captivates and leaves a sense of profound harmony with nature and the surrounding world.
After graduating from the N. Samokish Crimean Art School, the elder generation of Ivanyuks, Oleksiy and Oksana, founded their own art school in Pyriatyn, a small town in Poltava Oblast, which they supported financially for over a decade. Growing up under the influence of classical art, the couple favored working from nature, depicting classical still life and monumental canvases, with the secret of their compositional and dramatic strength lying in the use of naturism as their core philosophical concept.
In Oleksiy Ivanyuk's Poltava landscapes, there is a greatness in simplicity, a view of ordinary suburban landscapes as wonders that are no longer accessible to the average resident of a metropolis. Fauvist colors and impasto techniques are applied by the master to enhance expressiveness, while thick brushstrokes emphasize the form and relief of the depicted objects. Familiar places, houses immersed in green gardens, boundless steppes, fields, forest glades, and streets become lyrical abstractions and reach the level of aesthetic reflection, reflecting the author's sensory perception of the world.
In Oksana Ivanyuk's vibrant floral still lifes, baroque polyphony is embodied, which is why seemingly secondary elements become the main elements of the composition. Her lush bouquets are universal floral images of binary culture, with a variety of meanings that correspond to the main higher needs of existence. For Oksana Ivanyuk, reproducing flowers is always a display of personal experiences, a demonstration of her own attitude towards life situations, and the image itself becomes a symbol of beauty and harmony.
Both artists, Oleksiy and Oksana, have a unique approach to their craft, infusing their works with emotions, insights, and reflections on the world around them. Their dedication to preserving and promoting art is evident through their art school, where they pass on their knowledge and passion to the next generation of aspiring artists. Their creative endeavors continue to leave a lasting impact on the art world, inspiring viewers and fellow artists alike with their powerful and evocative works.
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