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Lidia Alexandrovna Kozmina (b. 1966) From the Trace of the Sea Series. Skryplev Lighthouse. 2026 - Paper, coloured ink and pen. 59 × 42 cm. Lidia Alexandrovna Kozmina (born 1966) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, and a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. She graduated from the Vladivostok Art College and later from the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute of Arts, where she studied painting under Professor Viktor N. Doronin. Kozmina is a participant in the international women artists’ association Flowers of the World, which unites artists from Russia, Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, and Australia. An active participant in regional, national, and international exhibitions, Kozmina’s works are represented in the collections of state museums and private collections in Russia and abroad. Art critic Alexander Lobychev noted that “Lidia Kozmina’s work reveals recurring motifs, images, and symbols preserved within the treasury of world art. This is especially evident in her engagement with medieval manuscript illumination and the Russian folk lubok tradition. At the same time, the precision of line, graphic expressiveness, and atmosphere of decadence in her work have been absorbed from the Art Nouveau movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.” In both her painting and graphic art, Kozmina creates a distinctive synthesis of Eastern and Western artistic traditions. Her works are characterized by intricate decorative structures, symbolic imagery, and a refined graphic language that transforms familiar subjects into poetic visual narratives. The series Trace of the Sea is dedicated to the maritime landscapes and cultural landmarks of Vladivostok and its surroundings. In Skryplev Lighthouse, one of the city’s most recognizable maritime symbols becomes not merely a geographical landmark but a metaphorical point of orientation, memory, and connection between land and sea. Through the expressive use of coloured ink and line, the artist imbues the composition with a sense of rhythm, contemplation, and timelessness.