Sonata Riepsaite is a Lithuanian contemporary artist currently working in The Hague, Netherlands.
The artist is exploring the landscape genre, which she expresses with charcoal painting and mixed media.
Projects
“Distant Proximity” is a series of works that talk about the feelings and experiences caused by the emigration process. Landscape and still life genres are fluid in its’ narrative of distance, estrangement and proximity. These landscapes were created based on the pictures sent through social media by the relatives, living in other cities or foreign countries.
A landscape holds a special feeling in itself. It holds memories of different spaces and time that feels almost motionless. In the present moment imagination merge with present and connect these feelings into a landscape. A landscape becomes not just physical but embodies my memories, experience and identity.