Prediction S17 Painting

I admit I am a greedy. I want a lot: to learn, to understand, to experience. As it happens, the world is complex and the possibilities are boundless. I remember my first purposeful manifestation of this greediness when I, as a small child, tried to find out why is my grandmother’s alarm clock ticking. The knowledge I gained then was not exclusively positive… And so - into the air – by self-made model planes or in a paraglider; - into the water – in a sail boat or on a windsurfing board. And this is just a beginning. From all my childhood toys, I was attracted the most to my color pencils. I would not let them go. That led to the four years at the Šiauliai Children’s Art School. The experience was wonderful and let me hope that my life would be tied in with art in one way or another. Since I was greedy, I also graduated from the “Fotonas” School of Young Physicists at the same time. I did not hesitate to choose the Art Department of the Šiauliai University when a time came to start college. As an art student, and after the graduation in 1987, I painted and participated in exhibitions in Šiauliai and throughout Lithuania. The critics did not beat me, and so I said „Why not“ to an invitation to exhibit my paintings at a private gallery in London. This taught me that the world also has the dark side. I arrived in London for the opening and found no such gallery, and my paintings were gone... I came back with my artistic drive broken. After a few months – another sign: thieves ransacked my art studio. However, my greediness did not go away. I delved into new interests. My wife and I decided to build a family business that would foster our creativity in different ways. It wasn‘t easy but the process thought us a lot. I worked hard and tried to learn us much as possible about the business for a long time. And then, my loving wife has asked me to paint something. I sat down in front of an easel with worry and trepidation. And then I felt how pleasant it was to hold a brush. What years ago seemed like a sign to stop painting, now felt like a bump in a road. It took me twenty years to realize that. I was born on September 8, 1964 in Šiauliai, Lithuania. That‘s where I live and work. My wife Violeta and I have daughter Agnė and son Jokūbas.