Born on 15 November 1945 in Šaukliai, Skuodas district. Died 13 09 2010.
Studied at Belomorsk Technical Naval School. At the Moscow People's Art University, he majored in artistic photography, and graduated part-time from the Gorky Institute of Literature. He worked in the navy, engraved many seas and oceans, was a matron, master of a fish-catching brigade, a senior technician oceanologist, and a bosun. He wrote a book about his life as a sailor, "The Sea - Our Bread" (1987)... Lives in Klaipėda, still works for the Navy.