# mist through the pines

Pale green and soft black, barely resolved. About emergence - forms still deciding whether to appear, shapes at the edge of seeing. A forest at first light, or the moment just before clarity arrives. It rewards a long, patient look.

Inspired by the colors of nature, Rita develops the painting through repeated washes and revisions.

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

## Details

- **Price:** 1078.41 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Original Painting
- **Tags:** abstract art, acrylic painting, buy original art online, forest, nature inspired, original painting, Rita Matos, under 2500

## Variants

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## Images

- Mist Through the Pines – color field painting by Rita in pale green and soft black with barely resolved forms about emergence, built through repeated washes and revisions inspired by forest at first light
- Mist Through the Pines by Rita – detail of pale green and soft black forms at the edge of deciding whether to appear
- Mist Through the Pines by Rita – full canvas of forest-at-first-light painting in pale green and black rewarding patient looking
- Mist Through the Pines by Rita – close-up of barely resolved forms in pale green emerging from layered washed surface
- Mist Through the Pines by Rita – painting in room setting
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## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 22"×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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