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Born in Panevėžys, the 63-year-old painter R. Petrauskas loved his city and believed in it.
Although many people know that R. Petrauskas is a painter, he also acquired the specialty of watchmaker-engraver.
The painter R.Petrauskas is from Panevėžys. He has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad since 1982 and has organized personal exhibitions.
R.Petrauskas has won international awards at the Second World Miniature Exhibition in Tasmania, international miniature exhibitions in Florida, Milburn and the “Seaside” exhibition (USA). 2007 At the Panev Artžys Art Days, he was nominated as “Most Popular Artist”.
R. Petrauskas, who prefers to create rather than speak and uses words sparingly, was convinced that his works would be different for each viewer, depending on how they perceive art.
“It just came to our knowledge then. For those who are not clear, it will not explain. After all, it is impossible to explain the song of a bird. The painter does not look at the waves of fashion, but lives like an eel in the deep down, in the depths. He sits under a pebble and looks at himself, “said R. Petrauskas after the opening of an exclusive exhibition at the Panevėžys Art Gallery.
Sculptor Algirdas Varžinskas, who is experiencing the painful loss of a close friend, says that Panevėžys has lost not only a master of painting, but also an intellectual.
“It just came to my attention then. I am sad. Panevėžys lost a teacher in his field, who was not only an interesting person, but also had a philosophy of life. His works spoke for him and contained ambiguous symbols that not everyone understood. . You had to savor the flavor of his paintings and grasp the ethnic symbols. His paintings had many layers, and he himself was a real person, “A. Varžinskas shared his good thoughts about his former friend.
Photographer Algimantas Aleksandravičius was specific.
“The sad news came from Panevėžys: there are no more colors of the city and no real person. The good friend of all of us, a great painter, my old neighbor, the color of the city of Panevėžys – R. Petrauskas died. Another light he faded into the art world. His son Noah is also a painter who inherited a number of artistic secrets from his father. It is sad and very regrettable that the death of a black line would end everything. A.Aleksandravičius.
R. Petrauskas will be fed at the Grauduva Great Hall Funeral Home on April 26. Visiting from 12 noon. until 5 pm The coffin is removed at 5 pm
S t. Mass for R. Petrauskas is offered on April 26. 8 pm In Panevėžys Church of Peter and Paul.
