Arvydas Kašauskas was born in 1959 in Vilnius. From 1977 to 1982, he studied fresco and mosaic at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
“The quality of art remains a matter of the author’s ambition and integrity,” says Kašauskas. In simple terms, art is good when the artist cares and stays honest.
Kašauskas was trained in monumental art—a discipline focused on scale, structure, and permanence. This background still shapes his work today. He approaches painting not as simple depiction, but as construction: each piece is built, carrying a sense of weight and space.
After the fall of the Soviet regime, he began working independently, moving from public, state-commissioned frescoes to more intimate canvas works. While the scale changed, his material approach remained.
Paint is not just applied—it is scraped, pressed, and layered, creating dense, tactile surfaces. His work balances control with unpredictability.
Looking back, Kašauskas describes his early artistic drive as a search for “a brighter, more compelling life,” shaped by a time when art held a distinct cultural role.
Today, he sees creativity as something open to everyone—not limited to artists, but available to anyone shaping their life with intention.
Landscape remains a constant in his work. Often painting outdoors, he draws from the energy of place and shared creative experience. Even in abstraction, nature is still present—reduced to rhythm, form, and space.
For Kašauskas, every painting is, ultimately, an abstraction.
About this artwork+
The painting depicts a dynamic landscape where architectural forms and natural elements meld seamlessly. A row of varied, colorful buildings occupies the lower section of the work, their outlines blur the edges between them, creating a cohesive urban tapestry. Above the buildings, the expansive sky painted in deep hues of blue fills the majority of the canvas. The sky is textured with broad, expressive strokes that suggest a brisk, moving atmosphere, adding a contrast to the solid, dark form of the land below. Streaks of white and pale colors across the sky might represent clouds, contrasting sharply against the blue, and bringing a sense of motion and depth to the scene. The interaction between the serene, stoic buildings and the turbulent sky above them encapsulates a landscape full of movement, color, and emotion.
