ABOUT
Paintings that vibrate questions and longings
Art museums are places of power. I spent plenty of hours there. Paintings of Paul Sezanne, Amadeo Modigliani, Max Beckmann, Johannes Vermeer stir up the spirit. It alludes to an interconnected world. If a picture can have such an influence, so what of importance is communication among living creatures!
Birds, cows and people, still life and life, so seriously as it is
I used to stand in front of a painting in a museum and think to myself, what if I painted? I answered myself later, when I discovered the topics that seemed inexhaustible to me: birds, cows and people, still life and life... so almost everything. Moreover, until that time I already made my own ''bucket lists: a catalogue of all the things I never ever want to do before I die", according to a cartoon character of Michael Leunig.
Joining the dots
I work with birds, cows and people. I paint them.
Back to my studies of Economics at Vilnius University in Lithuania, I read dozens of biographical books about painters and sculptors. They all appeared to be poor and obsessed with their artistic calling... I was then infected. Probably even earlier. Yet for years I worked in business related positions, also in the Ministry of Economy. I also tried myself in creating my own business of hemp and reflective clothes. Recently, for nearly a decade I've been living in Germany. I am married. It happened that during my German period I rediscovered the benefits of oil paints and connected it with my lively interest in sparrows and romanticising of cows.
Yours truly,
Jurate Daniel