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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+
In the painting "Landscape" by Arvydas Kašauskas, a dynamic sky dominates the canvas, rendered in a palette of grey, blue, and touches of lavender, with the brushwork creating a sense of tumultuous movement. Below this expressive sky, a tranquil strip of green landscape acts as a stark contrast to the vigor above. This strip of land is detailed with varying shades of green interspersed with hints of yellow, suggesting fields or meadows in the distance. A thin, vivid line of red structures, possibly buildings, adds a sharp accent to the otherwise natural tones. The foreground of the painting features a body of water or possibly a wetland area, painted with broad strokes that mirror the grey of the sky but infused with shades of blue and white, indicating reflections or movements in the water.
