Simonas Gutauskas
S. Gutauskas was born on
1965, In Vilnius, Lithuania.
In 1990 graduated
from Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Monumental Painting,
stained glass studies. Since 1999 Member of the Union of Lithuanian
Artists. He works in the field of stained
glass and painting and held over 30 solo exhibitions in Lithuania.
The painter Simonas Gutauskas, as the creator himself says, is called "an artist who becomes light". Light is his sign. And it is one of the most important elements not only in painting. Light is a source of peace, inspiration, and more importantly, confirmation that darkness is temporary and can be overcome. It is a promise of hope that each of us desperately needs today.The paintershares the light he finds in nature: embracing tree trunks, playing hide and seek with shadows, reflecting on the surfaces of rivers and lakes, stretching towards the unfathomable sky. Light fills every stroke of the artist and spreads across the surface as he touches the canvas. We want to talk about the light found in the painter's paintings, because it gives more than hope - it strengthens faith.It ‘s not only the light that draws the viewer closer to the paintings of S. Gutauskas. In the painter's work, light interacts with space - for a look, a feeling, an experience. In some canvases, the light opens up only a fragment of space, defined by the density of trees, as if calling to focus on things here and now, in others, the light spreads far away, showing new, wide horizons. The artist, as if by the hand, leads the viewer through the paintings, sharing the secret of how light is born. Light that helps to restore the relationship with nature, time, with oneself, with one's inner world. Which is both big and small. Full of light and hiding shadows. Colored and sometimes monochrome.
“When
I create, I don’t try to surprise anyone, I
just look for depth, divinity and light. My
paintings are reflections of spaces, visions, far removed from
realistic landscapes. Rather, I paint fragments of childhood
dreams, past or future lives. In the golden or purple blades of the
waves, in the blooming suns, in the clouds melting like wax, I feel
the great power that created us and everything around us“,
says the author.