# fragments of now

Two vertical fields - pale yellow-green and deep slate - leaning into each other across a thin line of light. A moment caught mid-thought, a conversation paused. Cinematic and very still. So much held in that narrow space between.

Using colors drawn from nature, Rita works the painting slowly - layering, softening, and returning until the image finds its own balance.

[Browse all works by Rita Matos](/collections/rita-matos)

## Details

- **Price:** 1401.93 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Original Painting
- **Tags:** abstract art, acrylic painting, buy original art online, meditative, nature inspired, original painting, Rita Matos, under 2500

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## Images

- Fragments of Now – color field painting by Rita with two vertical fields of pale yellow-green and deep slate leaning into each other across a thin line of light, cinematic and still
- Fragments of Now by Rita – detail of thin line of light between pale yellow-green and deep slate vertical fields
- Fragments of Now by Rita – full canvas of two vertical color fields in pale yellow-green and slate holding much in the narrow space between
- Fragments of Now by Rita – close-up of layered pale yellow-green surface leaning into deep slate across a thin luminous boundary
- Fragments of Now by Rita – painting in room context
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## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 22"×26"
- **Artist Material:** Acrylic and pencil on canvas
- **Artist Name:** Rita Matos
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/Rita-Matos

### About The Artist Content

Rita Matos (b. 1988) is a Portuguese-born, London-based mixed media artist. Working from her studio in London, she creates paintings informed by her surroundings and emotional landscape, using abstraction as a means of reflection and inquiry.

Her practice is guided by an intuitive process of mark-making, producing works that range from large-scale, gestural compositions to more intimate paintings. Through layered applications of color, Matos combines expressive, physical gestures with moments of restraint and carefully considered abstract imagery, allowing each work to evolve organically through the act of making.

Central to her work are ideas of accumulation and disappearance, surface and depth, and fragmentation and cohesion. She approaches painting as a process of construction and deconstruction - adding, erasing, and reworking the surface -where each mark becomes a trace of time and experience. Painting thus functions as an act of remembrance, capturing the residue of both presence and absence.

Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and is held in private collections internationally.

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