# in this space

Teal, olive, and deep blue, loosely gathered against a pale ground. The forms feel like they've just arrived - or are about to leave - occupying the canvas the way a thought occupies the mind: present, but not quite fixed.

Rita builds the painting through repeated passes of color, letting each layer shift the surface until it settles into its own quiet truth.

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

## Details

- **Price:** 943.61 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

## Variants

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## Images

- In This Space – color field painting by Rita in teal, olive, and deep blue loosely gathered against a pale ground, forms present but not fixed, built through repeated passes of layered color
- In This Space by Rita – detail of teal and olive forms loosely occupying pale ground like a thought not yet fixed
- In This Space by Rita – full canvas of nature-inspired teal, olive, and deep blue gathered quietly against pale ground
- In This Space by Rita – close-up of layered teal and deep blue surface settling into its own quiet truth
- In This Space by Rita – painting in room context
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## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 20"×16"
- **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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> Updated: 2026-08-28