‘Lavender Breeze in October’

‘Lavender Breeze in October’, 2025

Oleksandra Malyshko

Oil on Canvas –  19.7″ x 23.6″

This painting was created on Monastyrskyi Island in Dnipro during the professional Artist’s Day in October 2025. A few colleagues and I gathered to paint there, drawn by the lavender that had bloomed and beckoned me with its vibrant color amidst the autumn landscape. The weather was surreal—heavy mist-like rain constantly shifted into bright sunshine and then light snow. It felt as if all the seasons had converged on the island above me that day. Because of this, the painting feels magical even to me, acting like a portal through time.

Exhibition History:
This painting was featured in a one-day solo exhibition at the House of Arts (Budynok Mystetstv) in Dnipro, Ukraine, where it was first presented to the public

Oleksandra Malyshko is a Ukrainian landscape impressionist artist from Dnipro. Her path started in architecture, which gave her a sense of structure and rhythm. But today, when she paints, her main goal is simply to catch a fleeting moment of life, its movement, and its flow.

Living in Ukraine today, Oleksandra chooses not to paint literal images of explosions or war. Instead, she processes the reality around her through her intense use of red and fiery tones. This vibrant color and movement are her personal way of living through the state of war as an artist, finding life and energy amid the darkness.