Daiva Margienė is an artist whose creative process centers on exploring the mysterious and the sacred. She values open, intuitive interaction with her senses, explaining that much of her inspiration comes from sudden insights. Margienė regards the physical depiction in her works as a fleeting ornament—something that continuously changes across time and space. Nevertheless, while viewers’ connections to these images shift, the core message persists.
During the last decade, a particularly active period in her painting, Margienė has witnessed her own evolution as an artist. Her inquiry is profoundly philosophical, concentrating on the relationship between what is tangible and what is not, between material and immaterial realms. Through her artistic practice, she seeks to examine the inner landscape and uncover the deeper significance she believes exists beyond outward appearance.
Margienė’s work strikes a fine balance between figurative representation and abstraction, establishing a distinctive visual language. She uses expressive, assured strokes to create and dissolve forms, encouraging the audience to recognize familiar shapes before they recede into abstraction. This shifting interplay keeps viewers engaged, continually challenging their perceptions and expectations.
In the end, Margienė considers the viewer indispensable in interpreting her pieces. She leads the audience to rely on intuition and the expressiveness of color, allowing each association to unfold into the next. In doing so, every painting becomes a unique journey of discovery, its meaning revealed through the viewer’s active participation and openness to perceiving what lies beyond the obvious.
About this artwork+
The painting depicts a vibrant cluster of blossoms, heavily textured with thick swaths of paint, creating an almost sculptural quality on the canvas. A turbulent array of pinks, whites, and deep reds forms the central mass, suggesting the lush petals of flowers in full bloom. These vivid colors are underscored by softer shades of mauve and light purples, interspersed with hints of green foliage. At the lower part of the composition, darker tones emerge, grounding the flowers with branches or stems that anchor the explosion of colors above. A striking splash of blue, like a hidden gem, peeks through the dense foliage, adding a contrasting spot of color amidst the greens and browns. The background is a peaceful, muted green, setting a calm stage that allows the floral display to vividly stand out, conveying a sense of life and organic growth.
