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 is a vibrant painting titled "Landscape" by Arvydas Kašauskas. It shows a wide-open rural scene under a vast sky crowded with thick, textured clouds. In the center, a small winding path leads towards a cluster of buildings nestled among trees. The most prominent building, perhaps a barn, is painted in red, making it stand out against the greens and earth tones surrounding it. Kašauskas' style here is expressive and bold. He uses thick strokes and a variety of colors blending smoothly into each other to give depth to the sky and the fields. This technique adds a dynamic texture to the painting, making the scenery appear lively and almost in motion. The artist’s signature, located in the bottom right corner, blends subtly with the colors of the path.
