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Art<br />
Rita<br />
Siemienski<br />
Smith<br />
Driven to paint whatever<br />
appeared to her from the<br />
right side of her brain - by John Cella<br />
RRITA SIEMIENSKI SMITH IS A PAINTING<br />
whisperer. An abstract painter inspired by nature and<br />
linear sketches, she embraces the intuitive process<br />
of making art. She allows the inner qualities of colors<br />
and canvas to reveal themselves to her. “I sketch<br />
when I am traveling and the impressions left in my<br />
brain come forth later. The colors and rhythms<br />
move me forward. I apply a lot of color to the<br />
canvas, arbitrarily at first. Then I move it around<br />
with brushes or a palette until something<br />
emerges. I love the physical part of putting colors<br />
down onto canvas.”<br />
Applying a great deal of color to a canvas on a<br />
table, Rita works flat at first. This makes it easier to<br />
20 M O N T C O M A G . C O M
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