Halle Rittgers
Halle Rittgers is an abstract artist living and working in Minnesota. Her education includes a BFA in visual arts and a minor in teaching English as a second language from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the 2020 recipient of the Cameron Booth Memorial Painting Award, and her work has been featured in multiple publications. She has also exhibited work in numerous solo shows and group exhibitions around the Twin Cities. Her paintings have been purchased by the Mayo Clinic, the Lucille and Frances apartments, various health clinics in the Twin Cities area, and many individual collectors. Rittgers works closely with her clients to create custom work that’s specific to their project and strives to create the best pieces for their space.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I create paintings that investigate the relationships between memory, play,
movement, and meditation. My work emphasizes the intentional and layered process in creating balanced compositions. Each painting starts with playful experimentation as the brush meets the canvas, and advances into thoughtful exploration. I see my art as hopeful and healing, always moving towards harmony and balance within each piece. I implement a sophisticated and refined use of color and form on raw canvas. Each mark holds its own, while also being imperative to the composition as a whole. There is an ongoing conversation between the gestural marks and various shapes, and emphasis is placed on materiality as I explore the way textures and materials work together to form a finished composition. They are playful, yet grounding.
Halle Rittgers is an abstract artist living and working in Minnesota. Her education includes a BFA in visual arts and a minor in teaching English as a second language from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the 2020 recipient of the Cameron Booth Memorial Painting Award, and her work has been featured in multiple publications. She has also exhibited work in numerous solo shows and group exhibitions around the Twin Cities. Her paintings have been purchased by the Mayo Clinic, the Lucille and Frances apartments, various health clinics in the Twin Cities area, and many individual collectors. Rittgers works closely with her clients to create custom work that’s specific to their project and strives to create the best pieces for their space.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I create paintings that investigate the relationships between memory, play,
movement, and meditation. My work emphasizes the intentional and layered process in creating balanced compositions. Each painting starts with playful experimentation as the brush meets the canvas, and advances into thoughtful exploration. I see my art as hopeful and healing, always moving towards harmony and balance within each piece. I implement a sophisticated and refined use of color and form on raw canvas. Each mark holds its own, while also being imperative to the composition as a whole. There is an ongoing conversation between the gestural marks and various shapes, and emphasis is placed on materiality as I explore the way textures and materials work together to form a finished composition. They are playful, yet grounding.