I graduated from Camberwell School of Art with a 1st class degree in 1978, continued post graduate studies at the Slade School of Fine Art from1978-80, and from there I won a Boise Scholarship to travel to the USA. Between 1982-92 I returned to Camberwell as a visiting lecturer, and from 1991-99 I was a part time lecturer with Falmouth School of Art. I moved from London to the South West 30 years ago, and have lived and worked in Plymouth since 2006.

I have exhibited many times at the Royal Academy and the Mall Galleries in London, and have widely exhibited in Plymouth, the South West and London. I’m an elected member of the Bath Society of Artists, and the awards I’ve won include the Guinness Award at the Royal Academy of Arts and the St Cuthburt Mill prize at the Bath Society of Artists. My work is in private collections in Great Britain, Germany & America.

Rita is a member of the 21 Group. Formed in 1967, the 21 Group of Artists is now one of the longest established groups of exhibiting professional artists in the South West. The group invites its members to produce high quality work that recognises the intelligence of the hand and the embodied wisdom born out of physical making (such as painting, drawing, printmaking) as a means to establish a robust, experiential, and authentic art practice.

The group seeks to evolve and disseminate this counter culture through exhibition and discussion. In order to foster this, and to preserve the opportunity for creative dialogue between its members, it still limits its membership to a maximum of 21 artists. The group aims to mount two or three exhibitions a year, usually held within the South West region.

 Watercolour

26x57cm

 Framed under glass