Eglė Gineitytė

Eglė Gineitytė (b. 1968) Painter. Lives and works in Vilnius. 1988-1994 studied painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. 1993 Studies at the Salzburg Summer Art Academy in Austria. Works are in private collections in Lithuania and abroad.

The artist’s words about her work:

Painting

I LIVE WITH PAINTING. Constantly thinking about it, I apply layer upon layer of colour, inspired by passionate artists and by the ever-changing nature. My paintings are dominated by landscapes, by the open space in which slow movement flows and advances in different directions. Painting is the release – the discharge – of imagination. Painting is a creative action which is most stirring. The depiction – the image – is constantly shifting, morphing, moving further and further away from the original imagining. New unknowns keep on emerging, layers covering layers, whilst unpredictable combinations of colour never cease to spring forth. I must rein in my impatience. I must sense the direction in which my imagination is pushing on and on, and then come up with a key to resolve it. Each day is bound to bring a different solution.

Painting is the anomalous reality, the liar’s truth and the lie of the righteous, the embodiment of imagining, an air gap. It is what morphs – out of reason and feeling – into colour and form.