Born in 1955 in Steinfurt, Westfalia, Germany, Rita studied Sculpture at the University of Muenster. In 1980 - 82 she did a teaching degree in Fine Art and English and 1998 - 00 did a MA in Fine Art, Painting at the Limerick School of Art and Design.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

• 1994 Prism - The Geoghegan Gallery - Bridge Mills, Galway
• 1995 Het lerse Landschap - de Zee - en de Luchten - Het Rlederhaus , Holland
• 1998 Origins - The Kenny Gallery - Galway
• 1998 Elemente - Braunschweig - Germany
• 2000 System in Process - Ardara Artists Resource Centre - Donegal
• 2001 Changing and Forming - The Linen hall - Castle bar - Co. Mayo
• 2002 Fugue - Ashford Gallery, RHA - Dublin
• 2004 Flight from Reality - Origin Gallery - Dublin
• 2005 Permanent Change - Form Gallery - Cork
• 2005 Recent Paintings - Custom House Studios - Westport

Gerhard Richter mentions in his writings that music is the closest art form to painting. Structure and improvisation, intellect and imagination, concept and process are at work on a high level of performance.

A fugue works on dualistic principles - a subject and a countersubject are interacting.

In my painting process I am also employing dualistic principles: it is a play between - painted/illusive space and the 2D impasto surface structure created by layers of varnish and sand; dark and light; rough and smooth; matte and shiny; heavy weights of paint/material and very thin washes of paint; hard edges and soft edges; straight pencil lines and runners of paint; etc… Painterly qualities always enhance the rhythmic pattern of the initial structure.

Collections:
2000-05 AIB Collection, Bank of Ireland, Contemporary Irish Art Society, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick University, Linenhall Arts Centre, OPW (Dublin).

In many private collections in Europe and USA.