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MODESTAS MALINAUSKAS

Painter Modestas Malinauskas, who lives in Kaunas, is well-known for his cheerful and radiant artwork as well as the use of bright colors. Welcome to his studio! Official Gallery

We climb the stairs of the front wall up to the studio on the third floor. There we are struck by surprise finding ourselves in such creative an environment. In his rather small but very cosy workroom, Modestas, smoking his beloved pipe, has been rustling for years. At times he works side by side with his wife, another famous artist.

Studio is perhaps a little... chaotic, however, undoubtedly pleasant in its working atmosphere. “The main thing is for us to know where to find things. Order would bring along real torture,” the painter starts joking.

The paintings are made using a complicated technique elaborated by their author. Painter often uses a huge brush like this to smear the paint over canvas.

Each new painting by Modestas is approached with attention and care. Every single one of them takes several weeks of work for this is the time needed to lay all the oil colors and polish. Each picture is unique – painter never repeats the previously expressed ideas and the advanced process would never lead to the same results.

The workshop lets one feel like in a family circle. At times Modestas is joined by his younger daughter (he has three children – two daughters and a son). Adele is a true art enthusiast.

The table is honored by the presence of the artist's favorite accessory – his pipe. This is certainly not the only one he possesses.

The door of the studio is decorated with dad's portrait painted by Adele. Actually the whole studio is quite full of children artwork.

“Children often give you priceless ideas,” explains Modestas Malinauskas.

This is not the end of our visit – side by side with Malinauskas works his wife Lina Drižiūte who is a well-known master of dolls. Every single doll is hand-made.

“If I see the result I want before I get to work,” Lina tells us, “one doll might take more or less than three days. If I start from nothing, it takes at least one week. I remember some things, improvizs. My work demands extreme carefulness. Most time goes to making the arms, decorating and draping the skirts. My goal is not to create characters, easily -recognized. I avoid being concrete. Usually I stuff half of the room with cut-outs of various materials, then I start putting them together – one by one.”

Please come back soon to see a video from the interesting life of the artists! Video