 Jo
Ann Ritter is a traditional
plein-air painter whose love of color is the driving force
behind her paintings. Depending on the subject matter, her
work crosses over the line of representational art into colorful
impressionism, using brush strokes and color to make an emotional
impact.
Jo Ann began her art education at Penn State and Syracuse
University. She attended the Museum School in Boston and
studied with nationally know painters, including portraiture
with Clement Micarelli, landscape painting with Don Stone,
a member of the National Academy of Art, David Leffel, Charles
Sovek, and Colorado painters Skip Whitcomb and Kim English.
She is currently living on Cape Cod, but as a plein air painter
she loves to paint diverse landscapes and in 2009 traveled
for 7 weeks thru the Western U.S.
Recently, she has been featured in The
American Art Collector Magazine and Art
of the Cape and the Islands as an artist
whose work is highly collectable. She is the recipient of
numerous awards including the Isabella Steinschneider award
from the Hudson Valley Art Association. Her work is collected
internationally. She is affiliated with the Copley Society
of Art in Boston, Hudson Valley Art Association, Cape Cod
Art Association, Chatham Creative Arts Center, Oil Painters
of America and 21 in Truro. On Cape Cod she is represented
by the Gallery Antonia in Chatham. |
