Artist Nikolay Samoukov is the director of Ben's
Classic Art Studio. Born and educated in Russia, he has resided
in the United States since 1989. His paintings are exhibited in
galleries in California, Utah and Washington. Education: 1983-1988
MFA High Art Mukhina Institute, Leningrad/St.Petersburg/, Russia
1979-1983 Art studio of Vasily Suvorov, Leningrad/St.Petersburg,
Russia 1973-1977 BFA Ivanovo Art College, Ivanovo, Russia 1971-1973
Art school, Manturovo, Russia
* To cultivate in the students a sense of beauty.
* To teach them to see the harmony of the world.
* To teach necessary artistic skills to enable them to reflect beauty
and harmony.
* To enrich and widen the talent of each one.
* To develop the sense of a composition, proportion and interaction
of color and light, spot and line, accent and pause, rythm and plastics....
On a soul level, I see that each child is a little bit of an adult
and each adult is a little bit of a child. The understanding of
this, gives me big opportunities in my work and this work has just
began. Each beginner and professional visiting this site can find
some useful and interesting information
