Dance, movement and the synergy between body and soul are celebrated throughout this selection. Included works reference specific composers such as 18th century Mozart and Bach as well as the contemporary composer Michael Udow, sharing Blitt's appreciation for music. Paintings such as Save Tibet reflect Blitt's practice of processing pain and hope on paper and canvas.
A group of paintings from the '60s illustrates the passionate gesture of Blitt's early works that were more representative, capturing her environment and family.
This selection of featured paintings on canvas and paper represents the joy of creating as expressed by Blitt in the following quote.
“Rita Blitt’s transforming vision is more in the way of an inner landscape. Her elegant fabrications celebrate her love of dance and spontaneous flow of movement captured in the drawn gesture. As she has said of her working method, ‘The real magic moment is when that drawing comes out of my hands. The process is most important, the joy of creating. I feel like I’m dancing on paper or canvas, and it is a physical thing, the movement, my joy in moving.’”
Dancing Fir Tree
1972, watercolor on paper, 12x16 in, in a private collection.
After the Ballet #1
1997, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Serenity
1998, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 in
Aspen Dawn
1996, oil-acrylic on canvas, 70x129 in
Tarantella
1999, acrylic-oil on canvas, 54x72 in
Heavenly Moment
2006, acrylic on canvas, 36 in (diameter)
Visual Rhythms
2005, oil-oil pastel on canvas, 18x24 in
Aspen Dance II
2004, acrylic on canvas, 4x6 ft
Mozart #36
1998, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
Caught In Paint (235)
2002, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
As One
1997, acrylic-oil on canvas, 48x60 in
Emerging Center
1981, pastel on paper, 32x40 in
Emerging Energy
1986, acrylic gel, paste and paint on masonite, 36x40 in
Harnessed Love
2011, acrylic on canvas, 57x108 in
Honey, Hold It!
1965, acrylic on canvas, 24x20 in
Sea Gulls and Ocean II
1964, acrylic on canvas, 41x48 in
Maroon Bells
1960, acrylic on masonite, 24x20 in
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
1966, acrylic tissue paper on masonite, 48x48 in
California IV
2001, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 in
Udow Percussion I
2001, acrylic on canvas, 48x60 in
Caught #1
1995, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
After the Ballet #5
1997, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Affirmation
1998, acrylic on canvas, 50x61 in
Celebrating Dorianna
1996, acrylic and oil on canvas, 70x118 in
Reconnecting With My Soul
2003, acrylic on canvas, 54x108 in
Celebrating Fall in Aspen II
2003, acrylic on canvas, 4.5x9 ft
Let's Dance
2006, oil-acrylic on canvas, 42 in (diameter)
Winds of Change
2004, acrylic on canvas, 54x108 in
Bali
1988, watercolor on paper, 18x24 in
Mozart #37
1998, acrylic on paper, 20x30 in
Save Tibet
1999, acrylic-oil on canvas, 50x60 in
Emerging Center II
1981, pastel on paper, 40x52 in
Dancing Waters II
2001, acrylic on canvas, 48x60 in
Connie Singing
1963, oil on canvas, 20x34 in
Fir Trees in Aspen
1964, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 in
Seeing the World Clearly
2001, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 in
Aspen Hillside
1964, acrylic on canvas, 24x30 in
Bach Suite C
1995, oil on canvas, 62x50 in
Improv
1999, acrylic-oil on canvas, 48x60 in
Udow Pecussion II
2001, acrylic on canvas, 48x60 in
Adding Color
1997, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
The Sun Still Shines II
2008, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 in
Freedom
1998, oil-acrylic on canvas, 44x46 in
Firebird
1999, acrylic on paper, 50x60 in
Rendezvous With Love
2006, oil on canvas, 36 in (diameter)
Donald Vega Jazz 1
2008, acrylic-oil on canvas, 48x72 in
Donald Vega Jazz II
2008, acrylic-oil and conte on canvas, 24x30 in
Caught in Paint (253)
2002, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
Findin Center
1983, oil on canvas, 44x60 in
Unfolding
1981, pastel on paper, 40x25 in
Connie Swinging
1965, acrylic on canvas, 24x30 in
Bach Suite C
1995, oil on canvas, 62x50 in
Young Man Playing the Piano
1964, oil on canvas, 24x20 in
Aspen
1962, acrylic on masonite, 20x24 in
Bach Suite B
1995, oil on canvas, 52x60 in
Recent Rhythms III
2011, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 in
Recent Rhythms IV
2011, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 in