Artwork in the room
Ina Loreta Savickienė works with ink and mineral pigments on rice paper, exploring East Asian painting traditions, including Chinese gongbi and xieyi, as well as Japanese sumi-e and nihonga.
While working across different cultural traditions, the artist does not aim at stylistic imitation. Instead, she seeks a personal visual language in which painting becomes a way of experiencing time, silence, and the natural processes of change. Her work is defined by a balance between control and chance: the line remains disciplined, yet the material itself is allowed to act. This tension creates a living, shifting image, where form may appear only as a suggestion and space remains open and undefined.
Color and background play a significant role in her work, not as decorative elements but as atmospheric space. Mineral pigments are layered so that color functions like light, mist, or air. The background is never neutral — it envelops the motif, giving it depth and mood. Light is not depicted directly, but emerges through tonal intensity, transitions, and the relationship with empty space.
The artist paints natural motifs—trees, landscapes, plants, courtyards, and gardens—interpreting them through the aesthetics of East Asian painting. Where Eastern artistic philosophy meets the experience of the Baltic landscape, familiar images acquire a new, contemplative resonance, inviting the viewer to pause and experience moments of stillness and harmony.
Ina Loreta Savickienė has held the official status of an artist since 2020. She has organized over 10 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad.
About this artwork+
The painting depicts a majestic mountain landscape, infused with a tranquil yet powerful allure. It features a series of rugged peaks, their forms blurred and softened in a style that suggests a merging of reality with a dreamlike essence. A palette of muted greens, blues, and earth tones imbues the scene with a serene, almost mystical atmosphere, enhancing the sense of seclusion and untouched nature. The central focus is a quiet mountain lake, nestled within the embrace of the encircling peaks. Its surface reflects the subtle colors of the surrounding landscape, acting as a mirror to the sky and the mountains. The lake is flanked by patches of dense, dark pine forests, providing a stark contrast to the smooth water and rough textures of the rocky terrain. Winding paths and possible traces of snow on the higher peaks suggest the ruggedness and perpetual change inherent to mountain environments. The use of light and shadow plays tricks with the viewer’s perception, blurring the lines between the tangible elements and the ethereal, imparting a sense of the sublime. At the bottom of the painting, a curious inclusion that appears almost like a stylized, abstract gate or a minimalistic representation of a figure adds an enigmatic touch to the composition. This element, dark and somewhat foreboding, perhaps serves as a narrative or symbolic counterpoint to the natural purity of the scene above it, inviting contemplation on the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
