Painting in the room
Živilė Vaičiukynienė is a contemporary Lithuanian artist and painter based in Kaunas and Prienai, an officially recognized artist, a creator of original jewellery, and a curator of international art projects. She has actively participated in exhibitions and plein-air painting events since 2007. Her unique, one-of-a-kind works have found their way into private collections across Europe, including Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Spain, as well as the Republic of South Africa.
In the artist’s oil and acrylic paintings, contemporary interpretations of nature become metaphors that open up a space for reflecting on the human inner world. Mystery is at the heart of her artistic practice. She never reveals everything entirely, leaving room for the viewer’s intuition. This sense of freedom and lightness is enhanced by her fluid, expressive brushwork, poetic imagery, and subtle interplay of light.
The expressive, raised textures on her canvases lend the works a tactile depth, transforming the magical world she creates into more than a visual focal point within an interior: it becomes a space for tranquillity and contemplation. Her aim is not to reproduce visible reality, but to bring light, a quiet dialogue, and spiritual harmony into the surrounding environment.
This artist was acknowledged by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Authors artworks were purchased by musems
About this artwork+
The painting shows a tumultuous blend of grays, whites, and amber hues, forming what appears to be an abstract interpretation of rushing water or a stormy sky. The texture is rich and layered, with thick, overlapping strokes of paint, and speckled with bright dots of amber that could resemble fragments of light or floating embers. The visceral motion crafted by the brush strokes evokes a sense of chaos mingled with beauty, possibly reflecting the legendary turmoil from the story of Jūratė and her amber castle under the sea. The blurred boundaries within the colors and the abstract forms suggest elements of nature and myth intertwined, leaving the viewer to wander through the depths of interpretation and emotion evoked by the mythical underwater world.
