Evgeniy Monahov Paintings

Continuing a series of small paintings in oil and tempera on wooden boards, artist turned to the image found in the live sketches at one of the beautiful Saturday mornings. So once ...

Once upon a time there was one tough girl. She did a lot of mistakes in her life and survived a lot of falls, including falls on the asphalt from her motorcycles and many times she balanced on the edge of life. But she didn't lost her good temper and ability to dream. *** In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov...

Some time ago Evgeniy bet with his good friend that he could paint a painting where about half of it would be pure white primer but painting will look finished anyway. So this story ...

At first It should be two paintings about "Music in my mind" - one about listening and immersed in herself, and another - about the singing and giving out. It all began with a beautiful Lily and the painting "Music in my mind. Listening", while the second canvas waited about two years until artist find the proper model. Finally the wonderfull singer Tatyana agreed to pose for him and "Music in my mind. Singing" was finished. Once completed, this painting was shown in 2016 at Evgeniy Monahov...

Evgeniy loves to listen to the great Jim McCann during the painting sessions and one of the Irish folk songs performed by him, very suitable in terms of lyrics and mood, gave the tit...

Once upon a time, a wonderful girl posed for Evgeniy, outwardly very similar to the well-known blonde from Game of Thrones. Almost a doppelganger of her fairy-tale sister .. And then...

Evgeniy Monahov still like to work on the edge between sketch and finished painting - when artist are not playing by the rules of one particular style,...

During the exhibition in Spain artist was asked: -- How did she pose for you, did she danced all the way? -- Of course, the sun was shining, the fire was blazing and the beautiful red-haired beauty was spinning unceasingly in the dance in a dark red dress. It's usual for artist's life, almost routine. And who does not believe, let try to pose! This painting was the last on the theme "Music in my mind", once completed, it was shown in 2016 at Evgeniy Monahov...

On one hot June day, a beautiful Ethiopian girl was playing in Monahov's studio with a sparkling glass prism, watching objects refracted in the room and outside the window.. and at s...

There are models of such amazing beauty that all dramatic ideas are postponed for a while and the artist simply begins to glorify joie de vivre, the joy of life. This theme was born ...

A real man needs a little - ironed shirt, good bourbon and silence. And then he will be able to do much more - he will survive new love affairs, fights and adventures, fall from the received blows and get up to move on, to write new books or to paint pictures. *** In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov...

Another wonderful example from a series of morning portraits by Evgeniy Monahov, where subtle realistic detailing of the face is accompanied by a colorful and impressionistically pai...

She is cool, independent, determined, always ready for changes, having everything she need in her backpack. She stops only for a second to light a cigarette and turns around. Not reg...

One of the easiest ways to see the picture with a fresh look, when you doubt in something - turn it upside down. If there are errors, they will immediately become noticeable. But if...

Do you remember how in the "Legend of the pianist" a pianist (played by Tim Roth) improvised for the record a simple beautiful melody, looking at the young girl in the porthole? So once upon a time, going to his studio past Tverskaya, where some kind of riots starts to begin, Evgeniy Monahov...

-- I always wanted to be a meek girl, - Polina said thoughtfully and threw her hands in boxing gloves on her knees. A pause, just a scratch of the marker on paper. Artist wait the co...

At one time Evgeniy Monahov made a whole series of morning portraits-etudes, catching this wonderful slightly sleepy mood, cold morning light, tousled hair and extremely natural look...

"..yesterday I got into a fight with a man who started beating his eighth-grade son for a deuce in mathematics. A pair of bruises on my face, my hands were damaged, but I won, 5 year...

Ken: Purgatory... what's that? Ray: Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham. [pause] Ray: Do you believe in all that stuff, Ken? Ken: About Tottenham? About three years ago, during a trip to Spain, Evgeniy Monahov...

Some time ago Evgeniy Monahov chatted with a good friend about which of the Hermitage Leonardos he like best - the Benois Madonna or the Litta Madonna....