How it dawns, hush my surprised heart…

We cordially invite you to the opening of the painting exhibition "How it dawns, hush my surprised heart…" by folk artist and surgeon Dr. Rimantas Keblas, which will take place on Tuesday, October 6, at 5:00 PM at the Lithuanian Library of Medicine (Kaštonų St. 7, Vilnius).

Rimantas Keblas was born on July 24, 1950, in Vilnius. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University in 1974, he worked as a surgeon at the Vilnius City University Hospital (now Vilnius City Clinical Hospital). From 1985 to 1991, he served as the Head of the Surgery Department at the Vilnius City 3rd Clinical Hospital. From 1991 to 2012, he was the Director of the Vilnius City University Hospital. From 2012 to 2016, he served as the Deputy Director of the sanatorium "Pušyno kelias" UAB.

His first attempts at painting were over three decades ago, but after he began working as a hospital administrator, there was no time left for painting.

The need to paint never disappeared. After retiring, he enrolled in the Medardas Čobotas Third Age University and attended the art elective at the Faculty of Folk Art. He participated in the faculty's annual exhibitions.

Since 1995, he has been a member of the Vilnius Region Folk Artists' Society.

Since 2019, he has been attending a painting studio at the Vilnius Design Training Centre. The head is Arvydas Bagočiūnas, and the instructor is Liuda Stankevičienė.

In 2020, he held his first solo exhibition.

This, his sixth solo exhibition, features works of various themes created between 2024 and 2026.