The painter behind the work

Rita Heater

Rita Heater grew up in Amsterdam. At eighteen she moved to Florida, where she married Matthew. They have been drawing and painting together since the seventies.

Guided by Atie de Swart at the Schildergroep Almere painting group, Rita developed her work in acrylics and oils. Cats, dogs, insects and shells continue to fascinate her, sometimes in an almost abstract form.

Morpho Butterfly

Rita’s work

Wine Bottle — Wine Bottle Rita Heater
Acrylic on wood panel
34 cm x 47 cm
2006

Clown — Clown Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
30 cm x 40 cm
2007

Ireland — Ireland Rita Heater
Tamlaght Bay, Enniskillen
Oil on canvas board
40 cm x 50 cm
2007

Cross-Section of a Nautilus Shell — Cross-Section of a Nautilus Shell Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
30 cm x 40 cm
2008

Bats — Bats Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas board
25.3 cm x 35.3 cm
2008

Action Hero Red — Action Hero Red Rita Heater
Oil on canvas board
25.3 cm x 35.3 cm
2009

In the Desert — In the Desert Rita Heater
Acrylic on wood panel
40 cm x 40 cm
2009

Lemsteraak LE74 — Lemsteraak LE74 Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
60 cm x 50 cm
2009

Ribbons — Ribbons Rita Heater
Oil on canvas board
38 cm x 46 cm
2010

Morpho Butterfly — Morpho Butterfly Rita Heater
Acrylic on wood panel
40 cm x 36.5 cm

Fiery Copper Butterfly — Fiery Copper Butterfly Rita Heater
Acrylic on wood panel
40 cm x 36.5 cm
2010

Doodle Duck — Doodle Duck Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
30 cm x 40 cm
2010

Zebra — Zebra Rita Heater
Oil on wood panel
20 cm x 20 cm
2008

Sweet Dog — Sweet Dog Rita Heater
Oil on wood panel
30 cm x 40 cm
2008

Flowers — Flowers Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
60 cm x 80 cm
2008

Clog with Tulips — Clog with Tulips Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
20 cm x 30 cm
2007

Chickens — Chickens Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
100 cm x 100 cm
2008

Cow — Cow Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
100 cm x 100 cm
2008

Matcho — Matcho Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
50 cm x 60 cm
2011

Fossil Shell — Fossil Shell Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
30 cm x 40 cm
2012

Mikha — Mikha Rita Heater
Painting of my nephew Mikha, 3 years old
Acrylic on canvas
30 cm x 30 cm
2012

Blue Moon — Blue Moon Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
50 cm x 50 cm
2012

Cesar and Carmello — Cesar and Carmello Rita Heater
Oil on canvas
40 cm x 50 cm
Painted on request

Two Persian Cats — Two Persian Cats Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas paper
23 cm x 50 cm
Painted on request.

Spetter — Spetter Rita Heater
30 cm x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Made for Naomi

Sundown — Sundown Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
50 cm x 50 cm
2013

Rita’s Reeds — Rita’s Reeds Rita Heater
Acrylic on canvas
Two paintings of 40 cm x 40 cm.
With wooden frame, 102 cm x 55 cm in total.
2013

Angry Stone — Angry Stone Rita Heater
30 cm x 40 cm
Oil on canvas paper
2013

Depri Stone — Depri Stone Rita Heater
30 cm x 40 cm
Oil on canvas paper
2014

Fossils — Fossils Rita Heater
4 fossils
2 x fossil shells
1 x fossil shark tooth
1 x small fossil vertebra
53 cm x 53 cm
Oil on canvas (4 x 20 cm x 20 cm)

New Chickens — New Chickens Rita Heater
New Chickens
70 cm x 100 cm
Acrylic on canvas
2014

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