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+
The painting depicts a scene of a city street under rainfall, captured with thick, expressive brush strokes. The palette is predominantly grays and muted earth tones, conveying a wet, overcast atmosphere. In the foreground, a couple of blurred figures, possibly under an umbrella, walk through the street. Their forms are indistinct, emphasizing the effect of the rain. Above them, hints of vertical red lines could suggest distant figures or lights. The street appears slick with rain, reflective surfaces catching the city light with patches of muted yellows, browns, and purples. The buildings and the sky blend together in a curtain of gray, making it hard to distinguish the horizon line, thereby enhancing the sense of a dreary, wet day. The overall mood is somber yet tranquil, capturing the quietude that often accompanies a rainy day in an urban setting.
