Original artwork description:

Description of the Painting: "A Spring Day" (2023) by Victor Onyshchenko

Painted en plein air in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Victor Onyshchenko’s "A Spring Day" is an oil painting that conveys the subtle atmosphere of early spring. Completed in 2023, this expressive work measures 80 by 60 centimeters and is painted in oil on canvas, stretched over a wooden stretcher. The painting showcases Onyshchenko’s distinct ability to capture light, movement, and mood with confident, lively brushwork.
Scene Description:
The painting immerses the viewer in a quiet green garden setting at the height of spring awakening. Several mature trees with thick, gnarled trunks and twisting limbs dominate the foreground. Their branches stretch upward and outward, many of them still bare or only partially clothed in young, translucent foliage. The leaves are rendered with quick, gestural strokes in fresh shades of green, suggesting the tender beginnings of spring growth.
Dappled light filters through the sparse canopy, casting soft shadows and illuminating the vivid green grass that carpets the scene. Earthy purple-browns form winding pathways between the trees, guiding the viewer’s gaze deeper into the composition.
In the background, beyond the trees, rise low buildings with red roofs and a few visible windows, painted in soft ochres and rose hues. A larger, slightly distant building peeks through the misty green veil of young trees.
Artistic Qualities:
Medium: Oil on canvas
Technique: Painted from life (en plein air)
Brushwork: Expressive and textured, especially in the tree trunks and foliage
Color palette: Soft spring greens, violets, earthy browns, muted pastels, and pale yellows — evoking a fresh, sunlit ambience
Mood: Quiet, contemplative, and luminous
Victor Onyshchenko’s "A Spring Day" is a sensitive tribute to the fragile and poetic beauty of early spring. Through his painterly technique and nuanced color choices, he captures not just a view, but a mood — the feeling of standing under awakening trees, in stillness, as nature slowly reclaims the world after winter. The painting offers a gentle meditation on time, growth, and the serenity of the natural world.

Materials used:

Oil on Canvas

Tags:

#landscape #nature #green #trees #spring #impressionism #foliage #plein air #pleinair #ambience #lively brushwork #masterfully