Simon Kozhin Paintings

The Emerald Isle is one of the favorite islands for tourists in the Mediterranean. Corfu is the most picturesque island and the olive motif on the coast of the middle sea symbolizes ...

I poured my heart into this oil painting, blending impressionism with realism to capture the raw beauty of a lone tree in early spring. The swirling, textured strokes bring the branc...

In this work, I've infused the canvas with the serene elegance of the twilight hour, using oils to capture the dance of light upon water. The impressionist approach enhances the scen...

With oil and passion, I captured the timeless fortress bathed in warm light, blending impressionism's softness with realistic form. This piece channels serene strength and history’s ...

In this artwork, I've sought to capture the serene essence of a snow-covered architectural landscape. The tranquil mood and muted palette evoke a pang of nostalgia and quiet reverenc...

This artwork masterfully captures a serene evening waterfront scene, where the tranquil water mirrors the vibrant hues of the dusky sky. The bold, fiery reds and oranges paint a dram...

In this painting, I sought to capture the serene, almost timeless essence of an English village at dusk. My brushstrokes carry the cool tones of twilight, blending with the warm ligh...

The gave. October. Chamzinka. In this not long time, when "Indian Summer" carries warmth, it is a wonderful time for a painter. Hands are still not freezing from the cold wind and ra...

The bathhouse was flooded in the evening on a day off. You can feel the smoke from burning wood from far away. At the end of a dying day, he painted a sketch. You can look at the bur...

The fleetingness of autumn, when the first rain knocks down the gold of the foliage, undressing the trees, and the blessed short solar time. The color combinations at this time becom...

When the harvesting is actively going on in the fields, I painted sketches in packs collecting them. There are such long blue shadows. Shadows run swiftly and the field is bright red...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

This is one of the color sketches for the composition of my small diploma at the Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, written in my third year. The end of Maslenitsa week...

The sunset in the North lasts quite a long time, which allows you to work out more details and understand the shades of color when writing a full-scale sketch. The city of Veliky Ust...

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...

The bridge on the Orekhovskaya dam in Tsaritsyno is still wooden and very picturesque, located near the Yazvenka River, now a stone bridge has been built in its place. But at the beg...

Clouds often accumulate over the village of Kyn in the Urals, this is often associated with a river flowing nearby. The color at sunset is always special, but often warm. This evenin...

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...

This place in Kolomenskoye Park is both an observation deck and a place for paragliding. Most often, athletes begin their flights in the spring and continue until the fall. I do this less often in winter. The motif itself, with a view of the path going down and the river leading to Moscow, is quite decorative. In the spring in May, the greenness of the grass and foliage for some short time differs in that the grass is slightly cooler in color than the green of fresh shoots of tree foliage. It even resembles tapestry embroidery...

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...

When I painted this sketch of life in the village of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, I included a funny story. It was a day with changeable weather, and I wrote the sketch quite imp...

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...

Thunderstorms were frequent and noisy that summer. Immediately after the rain and thunderstorm, the sun peeked out, but a new thunderstorm was gathering quite quickly. This happens i...

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...

May twilight is still cool and quite fast in the Botanical Garden. You can hear the singing of a nightingale that fills and smells of fresh greenery. Not a lot of bright greenery has...

Spring sketch in the Kaluga region, painted from life on the Serena River in April. The first greenery is already appearing and a delicate green colors both the ground and the trees....

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...

A picturesque view opens from the pond and the River Thames, where once a year a regatta is held, the Cathedral of All Saints is visible. The gray rainy sky and humid air immerse the...

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...

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....

Early spring is the time of the awakening of nature, its booming flowering. But the first leaves appear on the trees and the green grass breaks through last year’s dried straw, and t...

Not a long time in April between the melting snow and the appearance of the first greenery. If the days are sunny, which happens often, then the growth of the kidneys and the appeara...

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...