Ausra Petrikaite is a Lithuanian oil painter based in Germany, whose work captures the quiet poetry and emotional strength of nature. Her paintings often feature expansive skies, misty horizons, and open fields, spaces that evoke stillness and introspection. Each brushstroke reflects a dialogue between inner emotion and the outer landscape, where light becomes a symbol of renewal and nature a mirror of the soul. Working exclusively with oil on canvas, Ausra embraces the slow, meditative process of layering color and texture to create atmospheric depth and movement.
From an early age, Ausra felt a deep connection to colors and landscapes. She later studied at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, earning her Bachelor’s degree in Design with a strong foundation in fine arts, painting, and composition. While design shaped her sense of balance and structure, painting became her true language — a way to express emotion beyond words.
Her oil paintings often depict vast, open skies, distant horizons, and moments of stillness that reveal the spiritual essence of nature. Every brushstroke is guided by intuition and feeling — an attempt to capture not only how the world looks, but how it feels.
As a vegetarian and nature lover, Ausra draws inspiration from the living world — from the calm after rain, from misty fields, from the endless shades of blue and green that shift with the light. Her work invites the viewer to pause, to breathe, and to reconnect with the quiet beauty that surrounds us every day.
For Ausra, painting is not only an act of creation but also one of reflection — a way of listening to nature and transforming its silence into color.
Through drawing and painting, humanity first learned to speak without words.
-AP
Education
Master’s Diploma, Master of Design
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2015 - 2018
Bachelor’s Diploma, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2008 - 2012
Eduardas Balsis Art Gymnasium, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2005 - 2008
Gargzdai Vaivorykstes Gymnasium, Gargzdai, Lithuania 1996 - 2005
Artistic Focus
• Oil painting on canvas
• Nature-inspired realism and emotional minimalism and deep colors
• Exploration of light, atmosphere, inner stillness and energy
Awards & Competitions
Luxembourg Art Prize 2020
Competition, Painting
"Orangutan", Oil on canvas
Art Box Projects – “Barcelona 1.0”, 2020
Competition, Painting
"Full Glass of Water", Oil on canvas
“Identity of the City of Klaipeda”, 2012
Competition, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Logo design
Exhibitions & Publications
Publication of graphics in the book “40 Dizaino Kartu”, Part 2 – Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2019
“History of the Gargzdai Brick Factory” – Solo photography exhibition, Gargzdai, Lithuania, 2015
Restaurant Zaffran, Klaipeda, Lithuania – Menu design (Design, Photography, Text), 2015
Publication of graphics in the book “40 Dizaino Kartu”, Part 1 – Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2014
“Stylized Fish” – Dedicated to the Sea Festival, Mobile platform design concept, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2011
“Deeper Setting” – Solo painting exhibition, Gargzdai, Lithuania, 2009
