Winter landscape

M. Šileikis was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute, an artist in the traditional mould, who had no direct links with Europe. He would go to Lake Michigan every summer, where he was fascinated by the beauty of wild nature and the multiple shades of colour produced on the sand by the play of light. He liked to paint in the dunes of Indiana in the autumn, when the greenness of the foliage was enriched by gold and red. Through the Impressionist stratification of colour, and by employing the availabilities of contrast, he strengthened the scenic expression of colouring, and gradually aimed at resonant colours and expressiveness of brushstrokes, which helped him to express a playful, tranquil mood. He always sought harmony. Šileikis painted a number of winter landscapes in an Impressionist style.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė

M. Šileikis was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute, an artist in the traditional mould, who had no direct links with Europe. He would go to Lake Michigan every summer, where he was fascinated by the beauty of wild nature and the multiple shades of colour produced on the sand by the play of light. He liked to paint in the dunes of Indiana in the autumn, when the greenness of the foliage was enriched by gold and red. Through the Impressionist stratification of colour, and by employing the availabilities of contrast, he strengthened the scenic expression of colouring, and gradually aimed at resonant colours and expressiveness of brushstrokes, which helped him to express a playful, tranquil mood. He always sought harmony. Šileikis painted a number of winter landscapes in an Impressionist style.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė