Marita is an American artist, born in Los Angeles California.
Her work is often characterized by bold, Impressionistic strokes of color. Portraits and figurative work are primary interests of the artist, yet landscape and still life painting continue to call her attention. Marita was raised in Ventura County, studied Graphic Communications at San Diego State University and received her BFA from the University of California, San Marcos with an emphasis in Painting in 1991.
Much of her adulthood was spent raising a family in San Diego and Los Angeles, while painting residential and commercial murals, sets for La Jolla Playhouse and The Old Globe theaters, and commissioned paintings. Marita holds a California Teaching Credential in Art, with an Emphasis in Cross-Cultural Teaching, and has taught high school art for the past 12 years.She currently lives and paints in Ventura and has exhibited at galleries in San Diego, Ventura, Napa, and Benicia.
My work has hung in the San Diego Art Museum Gallery, Arts Benecia, Padre Serra Parrish, San Diego State University, Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Mount Veeder Winery, as well as various other galleries and the walls of private collectors.