“Why clay? Maybe because it is here, under our feet. We have known this material for a long time – the floor and walls of cottages in Lithuania in old days were made from clay. Those things are inside us,” says artist-decorator Mantas Petravičius. He argues that through clay, humans make a special, authentic connection with nature and themselves. "After all, we are made of the same clay," he adds.
The clay frescoes created by the artist stand out with their unique textures, colors, many layers, and many meanings: some resemble a grandmother's woven linen towel, others a forest or the sea. Their images impact people the same way paintings in art gallery do. "When you do what you like, you get incredibly strong results," Mantas says with a smile
Mantas Petravičius (Lithuania) is a professional artist-decorator. He graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts and founded and manages the studio Vabalas in Lithuania, which creates natural clay plasters ("Mr. Clay") for interior decoration. In 2020 he made his debut in Lithuanian cinema – he created the role of the legendary partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas in the documentary Portrait of a Hawk (dir. Vytautas V. Landsbergis).
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