Evgenij Kozlov's work is characterized by the high energy levels evident throughout his work. The composition of his paintings and drawings is marked by a diversity of interwoven images, the central element being one or more human figures. These figures thematise the spiritual and emotional spheres of human life, emphasizing its universal implications. This distinctly Russian relationship to art allows an artistic process which continually develops new forms of expressions in composition, colours, and rhythm, setting them in the realm of the future. This sometimes becomes evident in the titles of his works, such as "Today in the LXXXI century".
In a conversation with Hannelore Fobo in 1991 he explains how he creates the "Art of the future":
"Any picture, drawing, musical formation - everything made by the hand of a human being - is predetermined from the very outset to be intelligible to human beings, precisely because it has been given a form intelligible to human beings; if not immediately, then in time, within a minute, a year, a decade. Thus every action that arises from art will always be rooted in the classical approach, where classical approach means that the intelligibility of some future art work is predetermined when it appears.
Beyond this classical approach, the truly new direction in art is that which evolves within the human being who is simultaneously creating the art. To understand this art in all its implications, a certain inner freedom is required, which must also be present externally. Here it is essential that the human being feel and see the forces within him or herself, which are helping to create this new art. If one feels these forces, is aware of them, and sees them - if this world comes into being inside oneself, then regardless of what one then creates, that which is created will be intelligible and indispensable to all people. For what transpires within to allow this art to develop internally - exists only to lend visual form to the given information. It thus becomes impossible to deny it its visual existence. The artist's task is to give it visual form."