About

Artist Rita Summers creates her work from the land itself – leaves and earth – the result of a direct relationship and collaboration with the Tasmanian landscape. She finds and reinvents vintage and recycled materials with natural dyes or earth paints combined with contemporary stitching techniques, allowing the materials themselves to inspire her creations. Through these media, Rita constantly explores ways to visually respond to and express her thoughts/reflections about life experiences, her faith and the local environment. Her qualifications include a Diploma of Art Craft Design (Textiles) and a Bachelor of Education (including an Art major for which she earned a distinction) and formerly operated a gallery/studio under the name Gone Rustic in St Marys, Tasmania for over 20 years. Rita is currently developing the workshop and events side of the business from the property where she lives with her husband Ian. Her work has been juried into numerous exhibitions within Tasmania, interstate and overseas, and has attracted many awards. She has also been published in various Australian and international paper and digital magazines. Through her business Rita also hosts and curates art exhibitions from Tasmania and further afield, including Europe and the USA. Rita was born in Canada but has lived, studied and worked in Tasmania since her teens.

art is like breathing to me - life and thoughts impressed on paper, cloth, the air; fleeting sounds and images captured before they escape forever

PHONE:

0417027424

EMAIL:

gonerustic@gmail.com