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Laura Aitmanė was born in 1987. She followed her passion for architecture, graduating in 2010 from the Kaunas Faculty of Arts at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, and again in 2012 from the Kaunas University of Technology, specializing in architecture on both occasions.
Nature is Laura Aitmanė’s primary source of inspiration. Her artistic pursuits are closely connected to landscapes, flowers, and animals. She delights in bird watching and takes particular interest in Lithuania’s wild plants, which often appear as motifs in her creations.
Aitmanė’s unique style features expressive, at times slightly rough, brushstrokes. This method enables her to portray nature in a way that avoids both clichés and excessive sentimentality, infusing her paintings with authenticity and vitality.
Since 2020, Laura Aitmanė has been exhibiting her works in solo shows. Through these exhibitions, she continues to investigate and present her fascination with the patterns and beauty found in nature.
About this artwork+
In Laura Aitmanė's painting titled "The Thaw," a winter landscape is transforming under the warmth of early spring. The scene is filled with slender trees, their trunks and branches reaching up and creating a delicate network against a soft, moody sky. The ground and water surfaces are blended with patches of ice and thawing water, highlighted by reflections that shimmer with golds and soft blues—a hint of sunlight filtering through winter clouds. Aitmanė's style in this artwork is suggestive and atmospheric. She uses blurred lines and layered, translucent colors to convey the transient moment of ice melting away. The play of light and shadow, along with the fluid brushstrokes, creates a sense of depth and movement. It feels both calm and hopeful, much like the first days of thaw when nature slowly awakens from its wintry sleep.
