Mysterious Island 

Mysterious Island 

Mysterious Island started in 2011, when the author was selected to participate in the Instituto Sacatar artist residency on Itaparica island, Brazil. There she met new friends from all over the world and found a new source of inspiration, absorbing Afro-Brazilian art and culture of the Bahia region.

In 2022, Rita was invited again by Instituto Sacatar. This time the author researched the history of the Dutch-Brasilian colonization days connection, and decided to transfer Ambrosius Bosschaert’s bouquets to the scenery of Itaparica, combining beauty of Itaparica’s sunsets and sunrises with the beauty of the bouquets of the golden age of Dutch painting. She focused on what unites all nations and cultures: admiration of beauty, cultural memory and the fragility of life.