Beetle on its Back Drawing

I am Vilnius-based graphic artist, creating highly detailed figurative images in my unique carbon monotype technique, which is based on carbon-copy paper thermal transferring, supplemented with graphite. Using carbon paper, I transfer the smallest details and textures created by both man and nature onto paper, organising them into the well-defined shapes. I grew up in Vilnius, Lithuania - a historic, green city surrounded by many forests and lakes. After earning Master’s degree in Arts at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, I worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, jewellery-maker, and audiovisual collaborator, and next to this I was always drawing. This eclectic background gave me a unique point of view through which I approach my art, and continue to inspire my tendency towards exploration and experimentation. The central subject in my art is nature and animals. I seek to capture the harmony of a moment, the bodily expression and nature of the object she creates. Equally important part is visual texture of the object, what it is made of. I make an unusual choices of patterns, what gives a special sounding and brings dynamic to the strict monumental forms. Thus, combining a deep fascination for scientific illustration with my unique technique, I bring a contemporary approach to the classical genre of my visual stories.