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How did you first become interested in art, and when did you decide to become a professional artist?
I have always been drawing and painting, but I never thought it was an interest in art, it’s just that painting has always been a way of self-expression. However, many years ago, when I studied architecture as one of the subjects at Vilnius University (Lithuania), I realized that painting is the most important thing to me, it is how I can speak and use my imagination to create images, feelings, and moods.