Dialogues of light and color in the experimental artworks by Ramutė Paulikaitė

Dialogues of light and color in the experimental artworks by Ramutė Paulikaitė 

Artist Ramutė Paulikaitė lives and works in Skuodas, Lithuania. R. Paulikaitė studied at Pr. Žadeikis Gymnasium in Skuodas. In 1999, she graduated from Telšiai Higher School of Applied Arts, the current branch of the Lithuanian Academy of Arts, and obtained the specialty of a master of knitwear artistic construction and modeling. In 1999, she began working as an art and technology teacher, as well as a group leader, at Aleksandrijas Primary School. The artist organizes personal exhibitions in Lithuania, and has been participating in international projects since 2000. She has participated in international projects in Kaunas, Latvia,  Indonesia, the Philippines, India and other countries. In 2007, she graduated from Šiauliai University in art and design, obtaining a bachelor's degree and teacher qualification. The artist has dedicated a significant part of her life to the education of young people and adults at the King Mindaugas Vocational Training Center in Kaunas.R.Paulikaitė's artistic creative path began in childhood. She became interested in the art of painting early, and a little later in the art of experimental photography. R. Paulikaitė's abstract painting and experimental photographic landscapes are inscribed in the context of Lithuanian art, and have also found exceptional positions in international projects. In terms of genre, in the field of painting, these are abstract landscapes, and in the field of photography, these are experimental, expressive landscapes. Different themes dominate R. Paulikaitė's artistic work: themes prevailing between good and evil, the search for different worlds, an important connection with the UNIVERSE. In both the landscapes of painting and the landscapes of experimental photography, conceptuality, the search for themes, the diversity of the color palette, expression and dynamics between the variety of painterly strokes and pixels on one or even several canvases are extremely important. In both areas of the artist's work, there is a variety of thematic stories. Topics such as: “Infinity 12”, “Apocalypse”, “Does oil flow easily?”, “Transformation”, “Brush Country”, “Colored Message” and other various topics relevant in today’s art world dominate. Ramutė Paulikaitė’s experimental photography features extremely important themes, from natural landscapes to architecture, lines and shapes are important in artistic compositions. The author’s experimental photographs intertwine diverse natural motifs or abstract landscape motifs. The solution of conceptual ideas and forms, their search, is very important. The author’s work combines photography and painting as an artistic dialogue. Expressive and dynamic color strokes, artistic composition solutions in photographic abstractions are extremely important. Ramutė Paulikaitė is an actively creating Lithuanian artist in the fields of abstract painting and experimental photography. The author’s work is characterized by subtle aesthetics, emotional depth, consistency, interest in the inner world of man and an important relationship with the Universe. Artistic interpretations are extremely important in each area of the author’s work. Her work is characterized by attention to detail, the play of light and shadow, the main features of painting: a subtle atmosphere, a tendency towards minimal and expressive abstraction, in her abstract painting she explores the relationship between the viewer and the work, not only through the plot, but also through important experiences. In the international art magazine “Contrasts” the artist presents five paintings and five photographic works from the following cycles: “In the nature rythme ”, “Thread of time”, “Monograme”. The work of the artist Ramutė Paulikaitė is dominated by unconventional abstract nature scenes-landscapes. In each work there is a lot of light, in some works a detail of darkness appears and a fragment of mystery remains. In some of the author’s works there are architectural details.Art critic Gabrielė Kuizinaitė