Petronėlė Gerlikienė

Petronėlė Gerlikienė (1906–1979), Lithuanian painter and textile artist. After retirement, Petronėlė Gerlikienė, who lived all her life in a countryside, moved to Vilnius to live with her son’s family and began to focus on creative work – textile and painting. The impetus and inspiration for her work was a vision of her own house. Petronele envisioned its interior decorated with large tapestries and paintings, and set off to create them. She was always fascinated with large trees – especially oaks and maples and used them as motifs for her textiles “An Oak”, “A Rowan”, “A Maple Tree”, and “A Red Tree”. In several short years of intense creativity, she left us a small but exceptionally authentic creative heritage.

Petronele Gerlikiene was my paternal grandmother. As a way to thank her for the inspiration and to keep her memory and artistic influence alive, here I have included her selected artwork. Her textiles and paintings surrounded me in my childhood home, and she was my first and strongest inspiration. In many ways, she did bring her vision of a beautiful home to life – it lives on in me – and I grew up in one. I hope her vision will inspire you as well.

For more information on Petronele Gerlikiene please see my blog entry. For other of her artworks or regarding exhibitions, please contact me.
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The following artworks are available as limited edition fine art prints.