Giedrė Balčiūnaitė creates deeply personal art, with each painting serving as a reflection of herself. She characterizes her work as a dynamic dance of bold brushstrokes and vibrant colours, capturing both movement and emotion on every canvas. Through this expressive style, she enables viewers to connect emotionally with her pieces, as though experiencing a narrative or feeling brought to life through paint.
Her enduring interest in abstract painting stems from its constantly evolving nature. Giedrė believes that every viewing of a painting unveils something different—new emotions and images that might have previously gone unnoticed. By embracing abstraction, she seeks to stimulate the viewer’s imagination and inspire creativity, making her art an engaging encounter.
For Giedrė, freedom is at the core of her artistic process. She is especially inspired by working on a large scale, which allows her to express emotions freely and uninhibitedly on the canvas. Her preferred mediums are acrylics and oils, and she frequently utilizes unconventional tools sourced from building supply stores or kitchen cupboards, resulting in distinctive textures in her artwork. With the use of thick applications of paint, her works often feature surfaces that are highly tactile and inviting to the touch.
Her paintings are notable for their vivid and pure colours, which make them visually compelling and brimming with vitality. They are intended for adventurous art enthusiasts—individuals who appreciate daring, imaginative, and emotionally rich artworks that invite exploration time and again.
About this artwork+
The painting is a vivid and expressive canvas filled with dynamic strokes and a rich palette of colors. It depicts a cityscape at sunset, where the sky blazes with hues of yellow, orange, and red mingling with deep blues and purples. The artist uses a free, almost frenzied technique, with thick, impasto layers of paint, creating a sense of depth and movement. Shades of blue and purple dominate the lower part of the canvas, suggesting the city's night settling in, contrasted against the fiery sky above. Abstract shapes that could be interpreted as buildings or reflections are fragmented across the composition, interspersed with bold lines and erratic grids, enhancing the city's pulsating energy as day shifts to night.
