"North Soul" - A 60x36 oil acrylic painting and "book of poems by Nijole Rasmussen.

Nijole Rasmussen was born in Lithuania. Since 1992 she has lived in Denver, CO. The journey through life has taken her to photography, and eventually to painting, which has been her passion for the last 10 years. With some guidance from professional artists, she is mainly self-taught and derives her inspiration from nature, travels, and love of art. She loves to read and does so in several languages, and also writes poetry. Nijole has had many solo exhibitions in Denver, one solo exhibition in Chicago. Her art also is represented by art gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.
"To paint for me is to access the deepest, remotest and most private corners of my imagination, where I can be free to welcome many opportunities for happy accidents to appear. With this language of shapes and colors, my desire is to communicate to the viewer my thoughts, emotions, that unique perception of the reality that later he can himself create his own world and live there protected by this illuminate power of art. Art is a harmony of nature, soul and spirit. It gives me power to express myself without much involvement of the rational mind. This harmony that my eyes can welcome and my soul can respond, is the result of my art. When I paint, it seems that my soul takes better shape, that longing for life and beauty and empowers creative process, which was already there long time ago...I paint with my soul and then discover that Life itself has already painted there a long time ago, that my soul and Life are one...."