Hollyhocks
Alcea rosea
Oil on canvas
Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia
Oil on canvas
Hibiscus
Oil on canvas
Rita-Anne Piquet
Rita-Anne Piquet’s botanical and floral works attest to an affirmation of life, both in its strength and fragility.
Prior to embarking on botanical work, Toronto artist Rita-Anne Piquet was developing her artistic abilities and career through various genres of painting from abstraction to landscape and people. She has exhibited widely in Ontario, both in solo and group shows. In Toronto, she is represented by John A. Libby Fine Art. She is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA).
Rita-Anne’s paintings have appeared on the covers of A New Anthology of Canadian Literature, published by Oxford University Press, The Canadian Treasurer Magazine and The Canadian Journal of Women’s Health Care. In 2004 she was Artist-in-Residence at the Masterworks Foundation in Bermuda. Her painting of a Bird of Paradise Tree won 3rd Prize in the SCA’s 2009 Juried Exhibition in Toronto. At Plein Air Canada’s Oakville exhibit and ‘paint-out’ in 2007, she was awarded 1st Prize, the HSBC Award of Excellence. She has received grants from both the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. In addition to her career as a visual artist, Rita-Anne runs art programs for adults with special needs.
Her current series of oil paintings of flowers and plants represent a contemporary portrayal of the botanical genre.