About Denis Simon

Hi, I'm Denis and I love to paint! It gives me the opportunity to live out my fascination of the beauty of the world and capture emotional moments for myself and those around me.

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For over ten years now, I have been gripped by a passion and inspiration for painting and strive daily to improve my craft. Each painting is a new project with challenges and hurdles, but a rewarding experience always awaits in the end, providing continued inspiration for my future works. 

Originally born in Kazakhstan, my parents moved to Germany when i was a year old. Here I spent some of my free time attending a casual art club for children as a young boy, which early awakened the artistic-creative interest in me. From then on, drawing was my favourite pastime at school and at home I worked with canvases and acrylics.

Of course, teenager me was busy with many things other than just my artistic development, which at that time i considered to be just a fun hobby.

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The people around me convinced and also inspired me to resume my artistic work. I began learning about and teaching myself many of the techniques necessary to create the paintings I envisioned. There is still much to learn, but ultimately, that's why I love this beautiful craft.

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My paintings reflect my personal feelings, which affects both the choice of subjects and their representation. Thus, I have put an ever-growing number of different styles and subjects on canvases. Among them large, imposing landscapes, dreamy idylls, portraits, animals and abstractions. In my realistic works, I strive for a convincing representation of nature, using my knowledge of natural colors, shapes, textures and play of light to ultimately break through the limitations of the two-dimensional surface.

 

After finishing school, I graduated in IT and currently work as a Cloud System Architect. I live, work and paint in the city of Oldenburg, situated in the north of Germany and close to the North Sea coast.