New murals decorating St. Casimirs’

When I heard that the Kling Foundation will be sponsoring a wall painting inside the rectory gardens, I pulled Rolandas on the side and suggested that his masterpiece would have a bigger appreciation by the church parking lot. I told him to come up with something attractive to children and representative of the homeland. Something that is fun, where parishioners will be taking pictures to post on their FB, Instragram or Tweeter and at the same time promoting Lithuania.

After a few days, he came up with an idea of the stork. It immediately reminded me of the giant nests I saw on the road to the Shrine of Our Lady of Šiluva. And then I found out that the stork represents renewal, rebirth and endurance. What appropriate characteristics of our times, when we go back to St. Casimir’s after enduring weeks of isolation. Just like the stork returning in springtime! And there is more you will see on the mural about beautiful Lithuania.

Rolandas  Dabruskas started to draw at age three and finished art school at 17. Before migrating to the United States, he worked in sculpture, printing and painting in his native country.  He has a master’s degree in arts from Western Connecticut University and currently teaches at Barnsdall Art Center in Los Angeles. He comes from a family of artists, four uncles, six aunts and five cousins. 

This is the first time that we will be featuring a Lithuanian artist and painter from Los Angeles. We are excited to unveil his first mural at St. Casimir’s Church soon.