Saulius Rudzikas’ Painting Exhibition “Between the Wolf and the Dog”
The painting exhibition “Between Wolf and Dog” invites visitors to explore the twilight hours – when daylight gradually gives way to darkness, or when the morning light begins to dispel the night. This state is captured by the French expression entre chien et loup, which evokes a world where recognition and uncertainty, reality and mystery intertwine. At twilight, the world seems to lose its clear contours, and what is familiar and well-known takes on a different meaning. It is this subtle boundary between light and darkness, the visible and the sensed, that forms the conceptual core of the exhibition.
This atmosphere also resonates with M. K. Čiurlionis’s concept of the “grey hours”, when nature becomes not merely a visible world, but also a space for inner experiences, reflection and intuition. In the exhibition, twilight emerges as a distinctive state in which the interplay of light and shadow invites us to look more closely and sense what cannot always be expressed in words. Just as stage lighting can highlight what matters most while shadows conceal secondary details, the relationship between light and darkness in painting creates a unique mood, reveals the depth of the image and leaves room for mystery.
In Saulius Rudzikas’s paintings, motifs from nature – forests, sky, water, sunlight and moonlight – intertwine with personal experiences, inner expression and longing. For the artist, painting is an intuitive journey towards self-discovery, allowing him to convey not only the visible world but also its mystery.
Saulius Rudzikas is a painter, a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and an active participant in Druskininkai’s artistic life. He studied at the S. Žukas Art Technical School in Kaunas and continued his studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. The artist has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, with his work presented in France, Germany, Poland and other countries. He has taken part in more than 30 artists’ plein-air workshops and has been a long-standing organiser of the international Raigardas plein-air symposium. His works are held in private collections in Lithuania and abroad.
Exhibition opening: November 6 at 5:00 PM
Exhibition dates: November 6 – December 22