ABOUT ME

​My journey started on April 14 1980 in Kedainiai, a small town located in a very heart of a picturesque country Lithuania. Since my early childhood I was surrounded by nature – my week-ends, my entire holydays were spent camping by the lake or in my grandparents' remote country house. I remember myself almost hating it that way back then. Of course, It makes me smile now … this unique experience left perhaps the most vivid imprint in my memory.
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My both grandfathers were carpenters. That being said - none of them was an artist of any kind. Back then being a carpenter was like knowing today how to configure the Wi-Fi – it was kind of a question of being practical. I don't remember them well, we weren't even best friends, but it didn't keep me from developing that mysterious respect in their regard. I think that feeling has a lot to do with their dedication and passion to their hobby.
All those strange tools hanging on the wall would catch my eye every time I sneaked in theirs workshops. “What is this one for?”, “How should I use it” - curious thoughts would start to cumulate in my head. That was the beginning.

In the secondary school I was introduced to a wood carving technique. Yes, I agree - no teenager could even imagine a more exciting activity than wood carving... On the other hand, a teenager whose head is bursting with thoughts about the world and self-perception and all sorts of questions that are constantly arising, would be happy to put all that confusion aside for at least a short time and concentrate on something that requires all his or her attention at that very moment. It is exactly what a wood carving meant to me. It was an escape for my curious mind. I got my peace of mind. It just stuck to me.
 
Later, in 2004, I have finished my Master in Architecture, left to Luxembourg and built up my career as an architect. Even though architecture has temporarily pushed my hobby out of the picture - I have never regret it. It helped me to shape my approach to art in general, it made me to take a step back and look at it from a new perspective, finally - it brought a lot of interesting and creative people into my life. 

There are many forms of art. I think we are all artists inside. We all have something to tell. However, many people do not find a way of expressing it.

For me the form of expression is wood. Wood talks. It tells you a story. It actually can tell you any story you wish to hear. Main challenge here is to find a common language, tools of communication. Talking to somebody who does not speak your language is not that much of a difference – make no sense at the beginning. It might feel like talking to a tree. But if you really like to hear what that tree wants to say, if for some reason you think that it's story is so interesting for you to hear –  you will find a way… you will find a wright tool that makes it talk. You might even find out that the story it tells – looks so much similar to yours...