1991 - Present
Self Employed Free-lance artist

As a painter I work primarily in oil to create traditional landscapes using a single palette knife, no brushes or solvents.

As a designer my specialties include logos, letterheads, brochures, point of purchase displays, and illustration.

Education
 
8/85 - 5/87 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Kansas City Art Institute		  Kansas City, Missouri
8/83 - 5/85 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Gallery Representation Professional Affiliations
Signature Member of 
Oil Painters of America
The Peterson Gallery

Wendt Gallery

Firedworks Gallery

Eric Firestone Gallery

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Laguna Beach, California

Alamosa, Colorado
Tucson, Arizona

Publications

American Art Collector, "Dramatic Light & Western Skies" July 2006

Focus Santa Fe, "Contemporary Artists, Legendary Art"  Aug. /Sept. 2005

Southwest Art, "Stormy Weather", October 2004

The Artist’s Magazine, December 2004

Selected Awards

5/06 Honorable Mention, Salon Interantional, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

12/05 Finalist Landscape Category
The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition

12/04  2nd Place, Landscape Category
The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition

5/03 Juror's Choice Award, Art at the Center, Annual Juried Exhibition
 Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, Kansas

1/02 Best of Show   Associated Artists of the San Luis Valley18th Annual Juried Show
Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado  

1/02 "Mineral County Sky" Work Selected for publication Creede, Colorado as the 2002 Creede Repertory Theatre Print

12/01 Finalist / Landscape Category 
The Artist's Magazine 2001 Annual Art Competion 

10/00 First Place Associated Artists Annual Juried Show, Alamosa, Colorado

10/99 First Place Highland Art Center Calendar Competition Weaverville, California

2/97 Award of Excellence North Valley Art League's National Juried Show , Redding, California

10/95 First Place Highland Art Center Calendar Competition Weaverville, California

7/95 Best of Show Highland Art Center Annual Juried Show Weaverville, California

 

Selected Group Shows

7/06  Rita Roberts & Elizabeth Rickert, "Portals to Nature"
The Peterson-Cody Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

5/06  Salon International
Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

5/05  Salon International
Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

5/05  Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition
Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, Illinois

4/05  Colorado Governor's Show and Sale
Loveland, Colorado

3/05  Emerging Artists Show
Sponsored by Art & Antiques Magazine
Scottsdale, Arizona

10/04 Women Artists of the West, 1904-2004
Eric Firestone Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

10/04 Women, Wine and Roses
Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

6/03 Summertime
Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

6/03  Oil Painters of America 
West/Southwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

5/03  Oil Painters of America 12th Annual National Juried Show
Nichol's Taos Fine Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico

4/02  Oil Painters of America 11th Annual National Juried Show
Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, Illinois 

5/02   Salon International 2002
Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

9/01 Arts for the Parks Top 200 Art West Gallery Jackson, Wyoming 

9/01 OPA's Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, 
Springville Art Museum Springville, Utah

4/01 10th Annual Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Zantman Galleries Palm Desert, California

4/01 Spring Show and Celebration Treasure Alley Alamosa, Colorado

5/00 The Home Place, Art in Public Places Project Colorado Council For the Arts San Luis Valley, Colorado 

9/99 Annual Art Competition and Exhibition 
Redding Museum of Art and History, Redding, California 

10/97 Annual Art Competition and Exhibition 
Redding Museum of Art and History, Redding, California 

2/97 Student Show Watercolors by Students of Rita Roberts Weaverville, California

4/96 Redwood Art Association Annual Juried Show, Eureka, California

11-95 Small Painting Exhibition North Valley Art League, Redding, California 

2/95 North Valley Art League National Juried Show, Redding California

 

Solo Shows

9/05  Rita Roberts at The Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

8/2002    Rita Roberts at the Creede Repertory Theatre Gallery, Creede, Colorado

6/2002    Jewels of the North Coast, Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, California

7/2000    Big Horizons in a Small World, Highland Art Center, Weaverville, California

5/2000    The Home Place, Carnegie Public Library, Monte Vista, Colorado

11/1999  Farewell Exhibit, Lee Ranch House Folk Arts Center, Weaverville, California

12/1997  Solo Show, North Valley Art League, Redding, California

7/1997    Rita Roberts, 1997, Highland Art Center, Weaverville, California

10/1996 Two Steps Forward, Old City Hall Gallery, Shasta County Arts Council, Redding, California

6/95 Nature's Persuasion Carousel Gallery, Redding California

5/95 Nature's Persuasion Highland Art Center,Weaverville, California

7/94 Rugged Beauty: Trinity County and the California Landscape  Belden's Piecemaker Gallery, Weaverville, California

10/93 Solo Show - Lincoln Arts First Interstate Bank, Lincoln, California

9/92 Commissions and Impressions Accents, Etc. Gallery McCook, Nebraska

11/91 Recent Works in Watercolor and Pastel Wrightstone Fine Art Gallery, McCook Community College, Nebraska

Employment History

8/86 - 4/91 Artist and Art Director, Miner Container, Inc., Lenexa, Kansas

Clients Include: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Wal-Mart, K-mart, Wendy's, Kansas City Royals, McDonald's, Kansas City Chiefs.

Produced art work from presentation to printing. Oversaw design department and press proofs.
 

Rita Roberts
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