Rita St, Amant | Wilke, SK

Rita St, Amant is a professional artist working in mixed media, with a specialty in textile arts.  Born and raised in southern Saskatchewan, her work is heavily influenced by nature and landscape, with a particular fondness for the prairies.  She uses the inspiration of the prairies to create realistic and abstract art.  She explores multiple mediums to try every possible process for creating a surface.

Being deeply connected to nature, an alternate reality is created using wild colours and patterns.  Techniques include painting, drawing, applique, felting and layering with threads, wool, cotton, and silk.  As a multi-media artist, material choices and processes vary with each new body of work,.  Over the span of her career, Rita has studied various areas of art and textiles forms.  She has taught numerous classes and sold work across Canada and the USA.  She is constantly continuing her education in the many forms of art today.