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About Jo Ann Ritter
Jo Ann Ritter
Jo Ann Ritter
Plein Air Painter
Fresh Paint Video

Jo Ann Ritter
Reunion    Oil on Board
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 16.75 x 19.75    $1,200
 
Jo Ann Ritter

To the Bay    Oil on Board
Image Size 9 x 12    Framed 14.5 x 17.5    $1,100

“Provincetown is unique with its little alleys which lend character to the town. Many of the alleys run down to Commercial Street and the water. In ‘To the Bay’ I was attracted to the patchwork of light and shadows generated by late afternoon sun and I worked feverishly to capture the light before the shadows moved.”

 
Jo Ann Ritter
Set to Sail    Oil on Board
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 21 x 18    $1,200
 
Jo Ann Ritter

White Clouds    Oil on Board
Image Size 9 x 12    Framed 16.5 x 19.5    $1,100

“I loved the contrast of the white clouds and dark landscape. Although this is a simple scene I was inspired by the richness of the land and the sky and how they related to one another.”

 
Jo Ann Ritter
Rim of Light    Oil on Board
Image Size 9 x 12    Framed 16.5 x 19.5    $1,100
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Where to Put the Peonies    Oil on Board
Image Size 14 x 11    Framed 19 x 17    $1,250
 
Jo Ann Ritter

Peggy's Cove Light    Oil on Board
Image Size 9 x 12    Framed 16.5 x 19.5    $1,100

“Lighthouses fascinate me. They stand so tall and solid and each one has a particular place in history often having saved hundreds of lives. Peggy's Cove Light, in Nova Scotia stands on a large rock ledge. Many visitors share in the delight of this iconic scene high above the ocean,s and all that it represents.”

 
Jo Ann Ritter
Daybreak    Oil on Board
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 18.75 x 21.75    $1,200
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Cape Cod Harvest    Oil
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 17 x 19.5    $1,200
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Jo Ann Ritter
Meltdown    Oil
Image Size 4 x 6    Framed 5 x 7    $225
Very Berry    Oil
Image Size 4 x 6    Framed 5 x 7    $225
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Up River    Oil
Image Size 9 x 12    Framed 15.5 x 17.5    $850
 
Jo Ann Ritter
October Beach Day    Oil
Image Size 24 x 36    Framed 32 x 44    $3,500
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Hollyhocks    Oil
Image Size 16 x 20    Framed 23.5 x 27.5    $1,950
 
Jo Ann Ritter

Hydrangeas    Oil
Image Size 16 x 20    Framed 23 x 27    $2,100

“Hydrangeas are the summer spirit of Cape Cod. They glow against the rich green backgrounds like special gems intended to stop us in our tracks. . . and they do.

There are 9 of these special gems in my yard displaying various glowing colors from pink to blue to the deep purple. When they fade they are still beautiful, reminding me of a woman with great character and wild memories.”

 
Jo Ann Ritter

Beach Blues    Oil on Linen
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 17 x 19.5    $1,250

“Beaches are a family thing. We congregate under the hot sun or cool in the shade of an umbrella; wander onto the flats, standing knee deep and talking. We renew relationships, visit with old friends, meet grandchildren, and see who has put on the most weight since last summer.
I am part of it now, loving it and knowing what it means; capturing the moments on canvas more in tune with the message than the media.”
 
Jo Ann Ritter
Store Fronts    Oil on Linen
Image Size 11 x 14    Framed 16.5 x 19.5    $1,400

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-known 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.

Ritter has traveled extensively in Europe, studying and painting in most of the major cities.   Home base is her large Cape Cod studio. But, believing a serious plein-air painter is continually inspired by a diversity of surroundings, she spends winters in the Caribbean. The rest of the year she also paints on locations throughout the United States.
“I am not a studio painter. The thrill of being outside, absorbing all of nature and attempting to transpose this force onto a canvas is exhilarating.”

Jo Ann is the recipient of numerous awards in oil painting and her work is collected internationally. She is affiliated with the Copley Society of Boston, Hudson Valley Art Association, Cape Cod Art Association, Chatham Creative Arts Center and Oil Painters of America.

 

 
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