ABOUT THE ARTIST
Originally from Brooklyn, New York and Bergen County, New Jersey, Rita Bond is a longtime resident of Simsbury, Connecticut. She holds a Master's Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in English. Rita studied landscape design at the New York Botanical Garden, and has her own business as a residential landscape designer , consultant, and lecturer. She resumed her studies in art, and particularly color, in order to refine her skills as a landscape designer. As she has progressed in her studies, she has found a new voice for expressing her creativity.
While an undergraduate at Boston University, Rita studied drawing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and after raising a family, continued her art studies at the West Hartford Art League under Frank Federico and Ilona Levitz. She has also studied with Eric Aho (Vermont) and Camille Przwodek (Cape Cod School of Art), and William Simpson (CT). She is an associate member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the West Hartford Art League and the Avon Art Association. Her work is primarily in oil, acrylic and pastel.
Rita's paintings have shown in numerous juried art shows and Connecticut galleries, and are in collections throughout the United States and Great Britain, including the permanent collection of the University of Connecticut Health Center. She has been a visiting artist in the Simsbury, Connecticut school system and the Ethel Walker School. In 2009, she founded the Simsbury Open Studios, an association of Simsbury artists. Solo shows : Celeste LeWitt Gallery, University of Connecticut Health Center; Ethel Walker School Gallery , Simsbury; Town & County Club, Hartford, CT; Duncaster Art Gallery, Bloomfield, CT, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT.
Recipient of the ACRYLIC AWARD PAINTING, 2015 The West Hartford Art League CT + 6 Regional juried exhibit.
Jurors:
David Dunlop, faculty member, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT, and artist, lecturer and Emmy award winning writer; Nicola Lorenz, Associate Director, Forum Gallery, New York City
Originally from Brooklyn, New York and Bergen County, New Jersey, Rita Bond is a longtime resident of Simsbury, Connecticut. She holds a Master's Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in English. Rita studied landscape design at the New York Botanical Garden, and has her own business as a residential landscape designer , consultant, and lecturer. She resumed her studies in art, and particularly color, in order to refine her skills as a landscape designer. As she has progressed in her studies, she has found a new voice for expressing her creativity.
While an undergraduate at Boston University, Rita studied drawing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and after raising a family, continued her art studies at the West Hartford Art League under Frank Federico and Ilona Levitz. She has also studied with Eric Aho (Vermont) and Camille Przwodek (Cape Cod School of Art), and William Simpson (CT). She is an associate member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the West Hartford Art League and the Avon Art Association. Her work is primarily in oil, acrylic and pastel.
Rita's paintings have shown in numerous juried art shows and Connecticut galleries, and are in collections throughout the United States and Great Britain, including the permanent collection of the University of Connecticut Health Center. She has been a visiting artist in the Simsbury, Connecticut school system and the Ethel Walker School. In 2009, she founded the Simsbury Open Studios, an association of Simsbury artists. Solo shows : Celeste LeWitt Gallery, University of Connecticut Health Center; Ethel Walker School Gallery , Simsbury; Town & County Club, Hartford, CT; Duncaster Art Gallery, Bloomfield, CT, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT.
Recipient of the ACRYLIC AWARD PAINTING, 2015 The West Hartford Art League CT + 6 Regional juried exhibit.
Jurors:
David Dunlop, faculty member, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT, and artist, lecturer and Emmy award winning writer; Nicola Lorenz, Associate Director, Forum Gallery, New York City