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 by Arvydas Kašauskas, titled "Landscape," is an expressive and vibrant depiction of a rural scene. The artist employs bold, thick strokes of paint, which brings a dynamic texture and a vivid sense of movement to the scene. The upper portion of the painting is dominated by a sweeping sky, rendered in shades of blue with white and pink accents, suggesting the presence of clouds and possibly the time around sunrise or sunset. This sky takes up nearly two-thirds of the canvas, indicating its importance in the composition. Below, the landscape features a varied patchwork of colors representing fields and ground cover. Hues of green, red, yellow, and brown are applied in a way that creates an abstract interpretation of a pastoral scene. Thin horizontal lines suggest the horizon and possibly distant structures or trees, adding depth to the view. In the lower half of the painting, smaller details like pathways or waterways can be seen, further enhancing the pastoral charm of the depicted landscape. These elements are depicted with softer, more linear strokes compared to the bold, impasto technique used in the sky, creating a contrast that adds interest and directs the viewer's gaze through the composition. Overall, the painting captures the essence of a landscape through color, texture, and composition, rather than detailed realism, inviting viewers to experience the scene emotionally and viscerally.
