Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 2 Number 2 | Page 41

nal artists
Nijole Rasmussen
Lithuania

Nijole Rasmussen was born and raised in Lithuania. Since 1992 she has lived in Denver,
Colorado. The journey through life has taken her from photography to painting, which has
been her passion for the last 4 years. Though she has had some guidance by
professional artists, she is primarily self-taught and derives her inspiration from nature,
travels and love of art. She loves to read, and does so in a few languages, and writes
poetry as well. Nijole has had many exhibitions in Denver, and a solo exhibit in Chicago.
“To paint for me is to access the deepest, remotest and most private corners of my
imagination, where I can be free to welcome many opportunities for happy accidents to
appear. With this language of shapes and colors, my desire is to communicate to the
viewer my thoughts, emotions, that unique perception of the reality that later he can
himself create his own world and live there protected by this illuminate power of art. Art
is a harmony of nature, soul and spirit. It gives me power to express myself without much
involvement of the rational mind. This harmony that my eyes can welcome and my soul
can respond, is the result of my art. When I paint, it seems that my soul takes better shape,
that longing for life and beauty and empowers creative process ,which was already there
long time ago… Nature influences my art. Where nature ends, my abstract forms begin
its journey. Perhaps the path traveled matters little. The will to arrive is sufficient. Giving
preference to form, shape and color, I am led to unknown places, places where beautiful
world exits, the world I am willing to share with the like minded. The beauty understood
has this power to illuminate the senses, still the mind and enchant the heart. My vision to
interpret the reality in abstract form is my saying yes to spirituality, beauty and life.”

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