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About Rolandas / Lithuanian painter

Following
the unknown

My paintings begin without a fixed destination. Through colour, gesture and the unexpected, I look for the meeting place between nature and the world within.

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01 / The journey

From restoration
to discovery

I was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1987. I studied drawing and painting at Cambridge Regional College, then painting restoration at Kaunas College. Those foundations were followed by six years working as an art director in advertising.

A desire to understand more about myself and the world took me to the Andes and the Amazon. Those journeys deepened my relationship with nature, which became a central source of inspiration for my painting.

Since 2019, I have worked as a full-time independent artist. My practice continues to follow that sense of discovery, allowing the painting to develop through intuition and attention.

02 / Artist statement

A painting finds
its own way

I begin with feelings expressed through abstract marks. Rather than holding on to the first image or association, I follow what is happening on the canvas. Gradually, a scene emerges that I could not have planned.

For me, painting is a way of exploring reality and the inner, dreamlike world we carry within us. Myths, metaphors and archetypes become a language for experiences that are difficult to put into words.

I want the paintings to offer a place to pause: a space in which the viewer can reflect, make their own connections and recognise something of their own inner world.

03 / Selected biography

A path in art

  • 2006-2007Drawing and painting studies, Cambridge Regional College, United Kingdom.
  • 2007-2010Painting restoration studies, Kaunas College Faculty of Arts, Lithuania.
  • 2011-2017Art director, VRS WPI Vilnius.
  • 2018-2020Further painting studies with Linas Liandsbergis and Virginijus Kasinskas.
  • Since 2019Full-time independent artist.
  • 2020Filmmaker and author of the environmental project Sventa Zeme.

04 / Out in the world

Paintings beyond
the studio

My work has been shown in solo exhibitions, group shows and collaborative projects. Alongside painting, environmental projects have explored plastic pollution and the loss of biodiversity.

Paintings are held in private collections in Lithuania, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway and Dubai.

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