The First Ice (2025)Oil painting by Boris Serdyuk

№SERB 1147
The First Ice is a delicate oil on canvas landscape capturing the quiet transformation of a river at the edge of autumn. Thin layers of first ice begin to form along the water, reflecting a pale blue sky and soft golden light. Slender trees with warm orange and ochre foliage rise along the берег, their branches shimmering against the cool surface of the river.

The composition flows horizontally through river, ice, trees, and distant field, creating a calm seasonal rhythm. Expressive impasto brushstrokes shape texture in the water, foliage, sky, and shoreline, adding movement and depth. The contrast between cool blue ice and warm autumn tones enhances the atmosphere, conveying the fragile moment when autumn gently yields to winter.

This original oil on canvas artwork unites first, ice, river, trees, autumn, foliage, sky, water, shoreline, field, light, and landscape into a serene natural scene. The textured surface and layered palette bring harmony and quiet emotion to this transitional countryside view.

Materials used:

oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 42.98 x 32.99 x 0.99cm (unframed) / 42.98 x 32.99cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky

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