Location: South Africa
Ritzi creates artwork to fit into a specific space. We love the collaborative process of working with clients to create the right piece of work for their space, from large corporate offices to hotels, guesthouses and high-end private homes. As we are primarily commissioned artists, our clients are guaranteed exclusivity. Our artwork is personal, emotional, distinctive, evocative and unique.
Nature has played a significant role as a source of inspiration to Ritzi in creating paintings. She has special memories of spending lots of time in nature as a little child and her father taught her to appreciate the beauty of it.
South Africa is truly a nature lover's destination as it offers some of the most diverse landscapes on the entire African continent. Forests, mountains, deserts, grasslands and savannahs are just some of the scenes one can hope to encounter.
Looking at beautiful birds chirping in the tree, cherry blossoms, cloudy sky, sunrise in the mountains, vast green valley, the magnificent sunset on the beach - everything is so close to us! It is always the most accessible resource to ignite your artistic mind to create paintings. In our ever-changing lives, nature is a reliable constant.
139 x 72 x 2 mm oil painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang
Artist's Inspiration
The clouds that we see in the sky when it rains are usually low clouds. ... The reddish hue that we see at sunset (especially during rainy seasons) is due to the reflection of light from the low-cloud base, which happens to be relatively close to the ground.
The colors we see in the sky are due to the rays of sunlight being split into colors of the spectrum as they pass through the atmosphere and ricochet off the water vapor and particles in the atmosphere. The amounts of water vapor and dust particles in the atmosphere are good indicators of weather conditions. They also determine which colors we will see in the sky.
During sunrise and sunset the sun is low in the sky, and it transmits light through the thickest part of the atmosphere. A red sky suggests an atmosphere loaded with dust and moisture particles. We see the red, because red wavelengths (the longest in the color spectrum) are breaking through the atmosphere.
Everytime Rina flies in an aircraft and she looks out of the window she thinks:
I wanna sit on a cloud
I wanna be surrounded by the white fluffy condensation
I wanna lean back and relax in a giant white sack
and let my worries drift away with the breeze
I wanna feel at ease sitting in this chair watching the sky floating on by
with my imagination and realization that
I wanna sit on a cloud
Rina loves the fact that Cumulus clouds can be associated with good or bad weather. She is also amazed that they are usually widely spaced in the sky, have a flat base and rounded tops and are more notably the cloud forms we, as children, associate with animals, rocket ships, boats, unicorns and dragons. They are the clouds that let her imaginations run wild.
"Skyfall Over the Sea" began as an abstract exploration — a dance of color, texture, and instinct. But as the layers unfolded, a story emerged: the sky, heavy with storm and light, pressing down on an endless sea. It became a painting about tension and release, about the quiet power of nature mirroring the emotions we often hold within.
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Ritzi’s Veins of the Sky powerfully captures the essence of a South African thunderstorm in a vivid oil painting. Using a palette of black, periwinkle blue, and white, she brings to life the electric beauty of lightning cutting through the dark sky. The contrast of colours creates depth, making the storm feel alive and charged, with the rhythm of the lightning bolts mirroring the raw power of nature itself. The painting immerses the viewer in the storm’s dynamic energy, almost as if it crackles off the canvas.
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The painting's soft colours and flowing hues of green, brown, and beige evoke a gentle, natural rhythm, like a breeze carrying seeds across a field. Textured elements like pebbles and resin add depth, creating an abstract interplay of earth and air.
Rina drew inspiration from a poem by Phil Soar
“Implant the seeds for all your dreams
No matter how the present seems
You need to feel that there's a way
To grow in life, through care
Warm the seeds with love each day
And feel good to be there”
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“Reddish Clouds”
“Cumulus Fluff”
“Skyfall Over the Sea”
“Veins of the Sky”
“Seeds of Love”
