Title: Love Protects
Artist: Svyatoslav Shyrochuk
Medium: Original Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 24 in
Condition Report: In good condition
Signature: Signed lower left

Description:
Svyatoslav Shyrochuk’s Love Protects captures a poetic and luminous evening scene, where two figures walk together along a path framed by glowing streetlights and towering trees. The artist employs an electrifying palette of saturated hues, applied with bold, expressive strokes that appear fresh from the tube. The use of a palette knife introduces a subtle impasto effect, adding rich texture and depth to the surface. The interplay of vibrant color and heavy texture creates a dynamic, almost dreamlike atmosphere, while the central figures evoke themes of companionship and warmth within an enchanting urban landscape.

About the Artist:
Svyatoslav Shyrochuk (also known as Sher) was born on March 16, 1958, in Dnipro, Ukraine (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). His artistic journey began at the age of eight when he attended the Dnipro Art School, where he was inspired by accomplished painters exhibiting at the Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum. With both parents as artists—his mother a violinist and his father a landscape painter—Shyrochuk’s work is deeply influenced by music, nature, and the artistic traditions of his hometown. His distinctive style is characterized by rich impasto textures and vivid, rainbow-hued strokes, achieved through masterful palette knife techniques. His paintings often depict expressive, colorful landscapes that celebrate the changing seasons and the emotive power of light.