Summer Mood

Purple irises along a sunny country road, an old stone wall, a gnarled tree turning yellow, and rocky cliffs against a clear sky.

The irises in the lower left are the hook. They are painted in deep violet with a few touches of magenta, and they set the rhythm for everything else, which Tyunkin keeps light and chalky: the road and wall in lilac and cream, the cliffs and the far houses in a few blocks of color. An easy, sunny oil landscape that is still not sweet.

• Artist: Alexander Tyunkin
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Size: 60 × 70 cm (23.6 × 27.6 in), height × width
• Year: 2022
• Original: one of a kind, signed by the artist