Do we understand the signs sent by other people? There are always mysteries, misinterpretations and vague elements in our communication, since every being is a complex, multifaceted world, hardly subject to our complete understanding.

The series “Human signs—letters” are the works of one period when I was interested in signs or marks left by a human being—the imprint of a human hand, one’s handwriting, personal objects, photos, separate words or phrases associated with broader meaning of one’s inner world and relations with other people, etc.

These two prints are the dynamic, rhythmic arrangements of signs in space, laid our into an unexpected mosaic which evokes additional associations, such as movement, repetition, reiteration, shielding, etc.

They remind of ancient imprints in caves or characters of ancient writings, that are impossible to read today and which speak in their silent, but so expressive language of rhythm and color. They are seldom comprehended by our reasoning but frequently perceived intuitively. This is a combination of comprehensibility and incomprehensibility.

Dynamics and rhythms developed on the space of the sheet of paper resemble the development of human life. Sometimes it is slow and pensive drift along the horizontal space expressed in an original and intriguing rhythm, sometimes it is swift and vigorous dash upstairs.

The “Series” is a continuation of the series of female faces. The same face repeated many times, placed differently in space, hided and revealed by covers, merging and coming up again. It is a reflection on inner states of a woman and the relationships between her inner and outer world.

This last piece developed into a series of faces. The principle of repetition in this work is not the expression of different aspects of the same person, it acquires the meanings of social relationships, the aspect of the role and place of a woman in the present society.

Human signs started with drawings. Pencil is the material the least resistant to the artist, it is sensitive and precise, easily giving in to the vicissitudes of the thought. The next stage of artistic work, different in quality, was applying computer technology and introducing color. Computer permits swift and unrestricted variations of color, easy choice of new combinations, which express different moods and add new connotations.

“Series” is a piece of art which was first performed by the dry point technique, in the same way as all works of the series of the feminine faces. The computer processing allowed to enrich them with colors, shades, to add new depth and meaning.

Art Teacher, Sculpture, Composition, and Drawing, Kaunas Art Gymnasium

Education
MA in Sculpture, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania [1977]

2005
“Coincidence” Lithuania Print Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
7th International Graphic Art Biennal, Dry point, Uzice, Yugoslavia
25th Miniprint International Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain