Simon Kozhin Art

Our next plein air trip was to the ancient city of Phaselis in Turkey. Beautiful coastline with blue and lilac hills. A huge number of yachts stood in the bay. And the unusual variet...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 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...

Not for long in April after the snow has melted there is no greenery. The first shoots appear almost as soon as the snow melts. And the first buds appear on the trees as the weather ...

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...

Choosing the motive as different for their eye-pleasing variety and play, at the same time, simplicity drew attention to themselves. I painted with this motive in winter, but this su...

On my second trip to Switzerland, I painted autumn in the Alps, visited protected areas. I got dressed quite easily, I completely forgot that I am in the mountains. And while I began...

During heavy snowfall, snow-covered branches of bushes stick to the ground under the weight of snow. Sometimes small branches and trees are broken, although it would seem that the sn...

These birches grow in a specially protected area of Tsaritsyno Park, and one of the ponds is visible in the background. The view is especially beautiful in the rays of the setting su...

PLEASE NOTE: The painting will be shipped without a frame. The framing option is on request with additional shipping costs. An apple tree with snow-covered branches in winter is a d...

This is a full-scale sketch of a girl that I completed in a couple of hours while studying at the Academy of Painting. We did such tasks quite often to train our eye and hand for int...

Many have read the fairy tale “The Scarlet Flower” by the writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov, and probably remember the miracle that kindness and love creates. When I saw this red flo...

The ancient wooden buildings in Kolomenskoye attracted my attention as a child. This Mokhovaya tower is one of the seven towers of the Sumy fort. Initially, the fort was erected in t...

One of the very picturesque streets of Moscow with old mansions and views of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is Prechistenka Street. For the most part, two-story chambers and mansions with beautiful facades and ancient history are always sought after by guests of the capital and lovers of hiking. The golden dome...

In March, the snow gradually melts and soil gradually appears. An apple orchard in March is not as interesting as in September or May when it is in bloom. The meagerness of the motif...

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...

Odessa beach with soft light sand and blue coastline in the distance is a beautiful simple motif. To paint a life sketch you don’t need a lot of paints, a limited palette is enough. ...

I noticed the motif with the bathhouse while walking through the village of Kyn for the first time. We stopped on the Chusovaya River near the stones where I also wrote several sketc...

At the beginning of April, sometimes at the end of March, when the snow has already melted and there is still no first greenery, everything in nature is not bright. Soft muted pastel...

This castle, located on an island of rock, attracts many tourists due to its picturesqueness. The very variety of stone and vegetation, although not very dense, creates a texture of ...

Autumn removed from the forests, from fields, from all over nature, dense colors, washed away greens by rains. Groves were made through. The dark colors of summer were replaced by ti...

These newly planted apple trees bloom pink in the spring. Now they have grown and changed a lot. And in 2014, apple trees had just begun to take root in Kolomenskoye Park near the wo...

Its not every fall that the foliage turns yellow at the same time. And the bright leaves of maples do not always turn red and yellow at the same time. You have to literally catch the...

In summer, the river, surrounded by trees along the banks, flows calmly, and occasionally you can see fish swimming in clear water. Summer heat plunges into an atmosphere of laziness...

A barge slowly floats on the water, a quiet move and the murmur of an old ship can be heard near the shore. On the slope of the day, when a slight coolness after a hot day is already...

May in Teberda is a rather windy and very changeable climate month. It is rather warm at night and during the day, and after the sun it may suddenly snow and rain. A lot of green sha...

Lilac, white, pink peonies in the park of the Kuskovo estate create a bright decor. Heavy buds bowed to the ground creating a smooth movement of flowers, a clear form of organic life...

In winter, the enchantress wrapped trees in the Kolomensky garden with her duvet. Many branches of trees broke due to the large amount of snow, and the...

Since childhood, I have been indifferent to horses, I love to draw them very much, conveying their grace and beauty, play of colors on the skin like mother of pearl. This horse and c...

For painting a picture, I made a few full-scale etudes of night London. I hope that the audience looking at my picture will feel the energy of the night city. This red sky only happe...

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 ...

The very changeable weather in England for the open air is the concentration artist on the motive in a short period of time. Wet grass after rain is completely different in color and...

Sometimes the simplest motif, such as the view from the window, can become a picture or find an image in poetry. The snow has already melted in early April, there are frosts at night and during the day, if the sun peeps out, it becomes quite warm. Soon its time to bloom, and the old plum...

One of the sketches with poplars was painted in the open air in early spring. This is a wonderful time of the year when everything wakes up after winter. The snow has just melted, but there are no leaves yet. I painted a few small sketches...

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...

These are puddles in April from melted snow and mirror reflections of trees and branches in them. The color of the puddle is green and this gives the reflection a nice tint and blur....

In the Urals, in the village of Kyn, I visited twice. And my attention was attracted by a pine tree that grew on a rather rocky hillside. Despite the harsh conditions, nature brings ...

I think that many have read Alexander Dumas novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” and know about If Castle, where the prisoner languished. Arriving a...

Kemer with its green beaches is always full of tourists. Palm trees on the coast are a wonderful motif for an artist. With all the complexity of the compositional rhythm of palm tree...

Huge melting ice floats in the Atlantic Ocean, gradually melting and dissolving in it. Provenance: 2007 - 2016 Private collection. Exhibition: 2019 Exhibition at the international co...

My favorite season in Moscow is the New Year holidays. Snow, the city is decorated with colorful lights, New Year trees appear, the city comes to life on the eve of miracles. The fee...

In September 2022, I painted from life a pink house on Kolpachny Lane. I chose a point for painting the motif next to Mazepas chambers in the Kitay-Gorod area. In the study, I tried to catch fleeting moments and a gliding light. When I started the sketch, a couple of men came up to me, accompanied by a lady. She asked me a very strange question. What will you paint here? What's good about this street? I painted attention to two young artists sitting opposite. He asked me a strange question, I don’t ask him what he found in the lady with whom he was walking. There are a lot of people...

Having visited the Volga River again, the artist strives to come here again. These expanses and fresh wind, blue distances, fishermen and boats off the coast. This simple life of peo...