Simon Kozhin Paintings

In this piece, I poured my passion into capturing the rugged beauty and resilience of nature. The twisted tree stands as a testament to life's strength against harsh conditions, rend...

Once while going on a sketch in the outskirts of the village in the backyards and gardens, I met a fox. The fox played with me. He hid behind haystacks behind small hay, and at my ap...

I have completed a new still life. Some of the props were given to me for my birthday, they were fruits. That prompted me to put on a still life. The frame for the painting has alrea...

This sketch was painted in the evening after painting in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Chamzinka. The evening was very warm and calm. Usually I am not very interested in...

The motive attracted me with its compositional construction. The rhythms of baths and houses with their rooftops at sunset. Warm glancing light and cold shadow. When I was painting t...

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 ...

In crafting this piece, I embraced the serenity of a winter's embrace. With oil as my medium, I layered textures and hues to capture the chill and beauty of nature's slumber. My brus...

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...

I did not immediately see this old house on the outskirts of the village. Walking around the village in the summer I saw a wooden house smeared with clay on one side. The texture is ...

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...

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 ...

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...

October is a very changeable time of year. With an abundance of bright colors in the foliage in sunlight, a simple motif can become the subject of a painting. In this sketch I experi...

Already in May, bird cherry blossoms in places on the Kamenka River in the Botanical Garden. The water in the river is not very clear and the river is not deep. In the park of the Bo...

A light frost shackled the branches of trees in Bratsevo Park, covering them with light frost. A short winter day with a fairly low passing sun turns the snow and tree branches pink. Blue falling...

February does not often bring sunshine to the city, but short glimpses of light brightly ignite the white snow. The beauty of snow and the play of shades in the sun catches the eye, ...

Walking around the neighborhood on the island of Rhodes, I found picturesque motifs in different parts of this area. One afternoon, I even wandered into a former military base where ...

Original oil painting on cardboard by the artist Simon Kozhin. Framed. Plein air painting with snow made in Impressionist style. "Not without a special fe...

In March, the sun shines more often and there is less snow, it thaws and changes its color adding green shades. The color of trees in the sun becomes more interesting and varied, the...

I chose the motive for painting this in a field near the village of Haddenham (UK). When I came to write this place I saw that the grass was very "short cut" on the field, only the t...

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 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...

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...

This naturalistic study vividly captures the serene view of early spring on the quiet bank of the Likhoborka River in the Botanical Garden. The prominent focus is a gnarled, fallen ...

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...

On a frosty winter sunny day in Fedoskino, I noticed a simple motif with a forest. A couple of fir trees and tree branches without foliage looked very beautiful in the warm sunlight....

In December, when frost sets in, you can see a rare appearance of clouds over the city with small tonal nuances, while the predominance of cold silver colo...

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...

Kyn is a rural locality (a settlement) in Lysva, Perm Krai, Russia. Warm evening, after a hot day, the boats rest off the coast. Gilding sunset on that shore playing with reflection ...

In the morning, the fog gradually disappears and a view of the village of Kyn opens up among the hills and rocks. Somewhere in the distance you can hear the barking of a dog that sen...

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...

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...

Sketches for condition are always written quickly, since color and light change very quickly. The sky and its clouds change in shape and ornamentation in a few minutes. For an artist...

Already in June, Ivan tea blooms; it is often popularly called fireweed. Its flowers of bright pink color attract bumblebees and butterflies, and not a bright aroma is often beaten b...

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...

This symphony of blue, rich in textures, reflexes and ornaments, the charm of the east, the plastic language of symbolism. The combination of warm and cold shade and light on canvas....

PLEASE NOTE: The painting will be shipped WITHOUT a frame. The framing option is available ON REQUEST with additional shipping costs. On the last day before leaving Chamzinka, I pain...

A cloudy day in a snowy winter park when the temperature is close to zero and the air is very humid. Snow and sky almost merge in tone and delicate combinations of gray pastel colors...

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 wrote this sketch in one full-scale session. The snow melted a little and I had the task of understanding the different tones and colors of white shades, reflexes, and at the same time, the meadery itself is quite a picturesque object that reminds me of something from the fabulous illustrations of the artist Ivan Bilibin...

I painted this view in a rather high rock from a sketch in the workshop. From this place I painted a couple of field studies, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening at sun...

Autumn days already in the first days of October maples are covered with red and gold shades. Foliage with its own color nuances and a wide range of color palettes characteristic of ...

Light spring rain on the river gives a little ripples on the water. Fish splash and frogs croak, rejoicing at the approach of heat. The transparency of the air and saturation with ox...

The artist painted this sketch from life en plein air during a trip to the Russian North while studying at the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (RAZhVIZ) in on...

Warm days come in April, when the snow has already melted, and the earth has dried up, the birds are nesting and the air is unusually ghostly and fresh. Sometimes you breathe it in w...

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 ...

This sketch, painted en plein air with Bougainvillea and Castor Oil Plant flowers on the island of Crete in the village of Bali, was created by the artist in June 2017. This artwork ...

This plain air painting is a captivating depiction of a wintry landscape rendered in a textured, impressionistic style. The scene captures a frozen Tvertsa river meandering through a...

The beauty of antiquity, its architecture, proportions, ornaments, materials and technologies fascinated me even during my studies. Once in the travaling, I was fascinated by the pre...

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...

This condition is very fleeting. It is almost dusk, and paint mixtures are not visible on the palette. In many ways, you write more from experience and knowledge than from a whim, so...

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...

The artist painted this sketch from nature in the plain air in the alla prima style in April in Pereslavl-Zalessky. This evocative artwork captures the serene beauty of a snow-laden ...

In this oil painting, I sought to capture the vibrancy of autumn through a blend of impressionism and realism. The golden hues of the birch tree, set against a soft, tranquil sky, re...

The artist painted this plain air sketch in Kolomenskoye Park in September 2019 in the Alla Prima style. This work captures a quiet corner of Kolomenskoye Park with a small garden of...

The artist painted this plain air sketch in Suzdal in March 2005 in the Alla Prima style. This captivating artwork portrays a serene winter scene in a rustic village, masterfully cap...

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...

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 “Mistress” of the “Copper Mountain”, Azov the Girl. Often in the summer in the Urals a lizard is found, as a prototype of Malachite in the form of a lizard with a crown. An image of high skill and custodian of earthly riches. Even today, when walking near the large rocks...

This nature sketch was painted by the artist en plein air on Prechistenka Street in Moscow in the spring of 2004. This painting captures the citys Prechistenka Street under a clear, ...

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...

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...