Simon Kozhin

This meadery in Kolomenskoye Park is known to many park visitors. It is located next to the front gate to the left of the entrance to the park on the territory of the Kazan Garden. I...

Traveling in Russia, I wanted to visit the Urals, the Chusovaya River. Since the mistress of the copper mountain lives in the Urals according to fairy tales. These majestic stones wi...

Ancient rocks in the Urals rising from the Chusovaya River like the image of an enchanted giant forever frozen in stone. These prototypes of the fairy tale can be found in the “Mistr...

Winter in the city rarely offers sunny days. But in February and March there are sunny days. One sunny day I spotted this motif in Kolomenskoye. It is in winter that it is most lacon...

The fruit on the table is a gliding light on the texture of a lemon, and a peeled peel, translucent and twisted in a spiral. Broken pomegranate with many grains, like a man in a big ...

Living room in an Irish castle in the neo-Gothic style with a soaring ceiling as if striving to heaven. The interior itself is flooded with cold light penetrating from the windows. E...

Epic cumulus clouds are only in summer. In winter, this phenomenon is extremely rare, and the clouds have a different structure. That evening, when I was painting this sketch, the cl...

On the slope of the day, the tired last ray breaks through the foliage of the trees near the Botanical Garden. The last days of May and the heat in the daytime hours are no longer un...

The old beautiful cozy streets of a small village just 100 miles from London in Buckinghamshire. Everything is buried in flowers and gardens, these houses with thatched roofs, birds ...

These cobalt blue flowers mixed with white primroses grow wild in the mountains of western Turkey. In the Botanical Garden, flowers are planted and appear as soon as the first greene...

In winter, the sun in the city is quite rare. It is even rarer to see the moon rise in winter twilight. The view opens up very bewitching, almost unearthly. Combinations of pink skie...

This view was painted from sketches after a trip to Crete in the village of Bali. During the trip, I painted 40 sketches from nature. The motive is not complicated at first glance, b...

The secret of female beauty has been an object of inspiration for many centuries. The beauty of the naked body, its delicate shades and plastic lines. The image of a girl from the ba...

I love looking at wildflowers. This blue flower is found everywhere I go, whether it is the middle strip of Russia or hot Turkey or Greece. It was flowers that inspired artists to cr...

Northern White Sea with a more severe Nordic character, frequent storms and cold winds. It does not immediately show and reveal its beauty to the traveler, as if luring him with its ...

I painted this still life in the midst of quarantine due to the pandemic in May, the lilacs were just in bloom, and I have long wanted to paint a still life with lilacs. On the stree...

The rocky coast of Bali in Crete gave me inspiration for a whole month. I painted these stones illuminated by the sun, working with color and texture, while looking for a color solut...

The white wind tower is located on a hilltop near the hotel on the Greek island of Peloponnese, located in a picturesque bay. The coast, consisting of rocks and various types of ston...

The heat of the day is already leaving, taking with it the worries of the past day. A tired fisherman hurries to the port with a catch. The singing of cicadas still does not cease, a...

The Zvenigorod Monastery is located on the high bank of the Storozhe River, overlooking the Moscow River. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, the beginning of the 15th centu...

Calm and warm Adriatic coast in Croatia. Picturesque blue lagoon where when I was painting sketches I met a water vole more than once. Yachts at sunset as a dream come true for the p...

A rocky coast in the village of Turunc, where the stones do not have time to get away from the midday heat during the night. This land is with swift sunsets, soft and warm summer win...

Spring sketch in the Kaluga region, painted from nature near the Serena River in April. Not for a long time when it is already getting warm, but there is still almost no greenery and...

The figured bridge in Tsaritsyno Park is one of the first on the path of a visitor to the park in the Gothic style, which has been preserved since its construction in 1776, having go...

The Fortezza is the citadel of the city of Rethymno in Crete, Greece. It was built by the Venetians in the 16th century, and was captured by the Ottomans in 1646. Climbing to the top...

For the first time I was in Crimea a student in 2000 near Alushta. I worked in the camp as a cult trade. And in his free time he painted sketches. This mother-of-pearl color of stone...

In this oil painting, I've melded figurative techniques with the textures of impressionism and the clarity of realism to evoke the timeless beauty of a historic place. I poured my he...

Each time you walk along the bridge to the other side, you understand the value of the path traveled, the experience gained. Beauty in the simplicity of the world, happiness is an in...

In this oil painting, I've captured the serene twilight that embraces a quaint farm. My brushstrokes balance impressionism's vivacity with realism's grounding harmony, infusing the c...

In this oil painting, I sought to capture the serene yet ephemeral transition from winter to spring. The brushwork, influenced by impressionism with a touch of realism, dances across...

The view of the port of the village of Bali in Greece on the island of Crete is absolutely mesmerizing and the rapidly changing evening color. A cold shadow literally runs across the...

Walking around the old city of Kerkyra, I saw a bright spot that attracted me and completely grabbed my attention since the variety of shades and colors, the richness of reflexes in ...

My favorite season is spring. This full-scale sketch I was paintiing in the Moscow Botanical Garden. The kindergarten itself was closed to visitors, but I made my way there to paint ...

Marmaris with its hills, which on the slope of the is lit by the departing rays of the sun. Red cliffs hang over the city, tired of the heat, comes a shadow and coolness. In this pa...

View from the hill to the field, which is already overgrown with young trees. The trees lined up, with even rare rhythms of more intense green spots on the patchwork ocher blanket of...

I painted this sketch on an autumn day, when the sun is still warm, but on the slope of the day the cold creeps up unnoticed. The smell of fallen leaves, similar to the smell of wate...

I painted a view of the fountain in Peterhof while still a student at the academy, and after just an hour of paiting from life, the weather suddenly began to deteriorate and a thunde...

The rocky coast near Alushta, where I worked as a cult organizer at the MPEI student camp in the summer and painted sketches in my free time, really inspired me. The color of the sto...

This view of the square in the Tagansky district from the monument to Dmitry Donskoy in the sketch shows only the cross on the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Serebryaniki on a ...

Already the warm rays of the sun in March melt the snow and give the motif in Tsaritsyno park with poplar a finished look with a beautiful play of textures. The main task I set for m...

I remember this tower of the Bratsk prison from childhood; it was located in another part of Kolomenskoye Park next to the house of Peter the Great. The picturesque texture, imbued w...

In this artwork, I've captured the serene twilight moment, as the day gives way to evening. Using impressionist strokes, I've emphasized the gentle merging of purples and pinks in th...

One of the old oak trees growing in Kolomenskoye Park with a picturesque spreading crown and metal patches on a thick trunk looks most vibrant in March in the sunlight. The thawed pa...

Vibrant brushstrokes create a lively impression of a landscape, possibly capturing a body of water in the foreground and trees in the background bathed in warm light. The use of colo...

The enchanting lights of the New Years city at night, when people strolling around the city are noisy in search of gifts and fairs with hot tea. Many lights and reflections create a ...

In this life study I painted the vibrant tranquility of a serene port scene in the fishing village of Kato Achaia in Greece. My artistic language is tinged with impressionism, I used...

A very simple motif with boats on the sea that I painted from the balcony of a hotel in the Greek village of Bali on the island of Crete. In creating this piece, I used oils to captu...

Maples are one of the most charming trees in autumn. They change color from red and purple to ocher, gold and orange. In this full-scale oil study, I sought to convey the enchanting ...

In this sketch from nature, I tried to convey the fleeting beauty of the sunset, the lilac fog enveloping the meadows and forests, and the serene landscape near the village of Bolsho...

A serene winter scene presents bare trees against a dusky sky with hints of yellow and green light filtering through the branches. Snow blankets the ground, showing subtle shifts in ...

I saw the motif with the old bathhouse from the road and decided to paint it with an approaching thunderstorm. In this oil study, painted from life in a couple of hours, I captured t...

In my sketch, I used oil painting techniques to convey the gentle awakening of nature when the buds of the apple tree bloom. Inspired by impressionism, I used the play of light and c...

In the April park, I have long had my eye on an old poplar tree, whose silhouette resembles a wise old man.In this oil painting, Ive melded impressionist strokes with a touch of real...

Autumn is a wonderful time when in October the leaves of the trees change color from green to gold and red, purple, orange. I painted this sketch from life in Tsaritsyno Park and tri...

In my artwork, I have poured the quiet serenity of a winter's embrace. The oils carry the crisp chill of the air and softness of freshly fallen snow. I played with light's delicate d...

In my artwork, I poured emotions into every oil stroke, aiming to capture a sublime blend of fine art, impressionism, and realism. The historic essence whispers through the textured ...

This is a happy time for gardens to bloom once a year. The singing of birds, especially at night the nightingales are flooded. A tired bumblebee will fly by grumbling and carrying pr...

In the forest in winter, when the cold sets in and snow falls, everything turns into fairy-tale lace. The snow always falls on the branches differently as you enter the forest. Somet...

The ruins of this ancient city on the territory of modern Turkey, this place is loved by tourists. The name of the city of Side is translated as pomegranate. It is not easy enough to...

These flowers are some of my favorites in my artistic practice. I always see sunflowers and notice them right away. The sketch was painted near the house of my friend the artist Oleg...