Rita Manson
Rita has been enjoying oriental brush painting for about 30 years. Her work has appeared in museum-juried shows from Washington, DC to Mobile, AL, and has been purchased by collectors from all over the world. Rita and husband, Gary, are professional artists living in the mountains near Gatlinburg.
Rita loves working with the hand-made rice papers, bamboo brushes and colored inks. She tries to capture the "spirit of the image that has bounced in and out of my head for so long it can no longer stay there". She has studied oriental brush painting with the masters and has earned her own "red seal" to signify her mastery of the medium.
Oriental brush painting consists of many styles of painting originating in China centuries ago and spreading throughout Korea and Japan. The tools are the brush, ink, inkstone, and paper. Brush painters speak simply from the power of their basic inspiration. Themes from nature are the basic subject matter, since "artistic beauty most often lies in that which is natural and has personality."
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"Hawaiian Study " (pair)
Ink Brush on Rice Paper
Framed Size 43.5" x 19.5" (each)
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"Grasshopper"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
24"x36"
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"Branch"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
Framed 20" x 16"
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"Dreaming"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
30" x 40"
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"Flower in a Vase"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
Framed size 34" x 44"
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"Iris Series"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
10" x 10"
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"Iris Series"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
10" x 10"
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"Iris Series"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
10" x 10"
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"Iris Series"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
10" x 10"
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"Horses"
Oriental Ink Brush on Rice Paper
8" x 14"
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