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+
This painting presents a harmonious blend of abstract and landscape elements. The sky, depicted in strokes of deep and light purples with accents of white and dark gray, dominates the upper segment of the canvas, suggesting a turbulent or whimsical sky. Below, a panorama of fields stretches out—a tapestry of greens, rusts, pinks, and other muted hues, segmented as if showing farmland from an aerial view. Details blur into each other, with occasional bright pops of red and blue capturing moments of clarity in an otherwise dream-like interpretation of nature. The lower part of the landscape dissolves into an even more abstract mix of colors and forms, possibly hinting at reflections or shadows, giving the entire scene a layered, textured depth. The painting vibrates with energy through the varied and dynamic application of paint, creating an impactful visual experience that straddles the boundary between the real and the imagined.
