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    Augustinas Našlėnas "Vandenis"

I'm a graphic artist and professional graphic designer.
 I'm engaged in photography and graphic art. Besides my own creative line I create artwork for rock, metal and folk bands.

I live very active mental life. I try to develop a bold and strong theoretical basis for everything I create. I always think before making another step. That is why I am interested in theory a lot. My greatest interests are history of art, criticism and semiotics, also history of culture from ancient European, Baltic and Oriental to contemporary Western subcultures.

Through last years photography has become my reason for beeing and now I can not imagine my day passing without pressing the shutter or developing negatives.

Through my art I try to rediscover the touch to nature and life which has been lost by most humans in modern era - a classical touch. Ancient people had a deep and spiritual worldview, which was reasoned by the fact that nature is our home and earth is our true mother. More modern myths wiped this belief and partly doomed our existence to failure. Instead of honouring Earth we continue to destroy our own physical and mental environment to this very day and now see the first signs of the end of Western civilization.

What I do is simply listening to the silent echoes of the past in order to find those little pieces of truth which still exist arround us. I observe and analyse life in order to decode and experience true beauty and other humane values, which are now (regrettably) hidden in the darkest province corners of our reality. I think that bringing them to light again should be regarded as the main mission by every artist.

Check out    www.ars-metallum.vandenis.net   for graphic design portfolio and info.

Other links:

 www.stone-man.eu

www.dausakalys.projektas.lt

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