Artwork in the room
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+
A serene townscape unfolds under a vast, tumultuous sky. Streaks and patches of blue, white, and grey dominate the heavens, capturing the dynamic movement of clouds. Beneath, a delicate stripe of pink blushes the horizon, suggesting the waning light of an evening. Below, a dark, tranquil body of water mirrors the expanse above. On the far shore, a cluster of quaint houses, painted in a mosaic of vibrant and subdued colors, marks a human presence in the natural scene. Each building, though simply rendered, hints at life and community, their varied hues of red, yellow, blue, and white popping against the more subdued background. The brushwork is thick and expressive, lending texture and a sense of immediacy to the scene, as if the viewer stands just a breath away from this quiet, atmospheric moment of dusk.
