Watch throughout the evening as acclaimed artist, Rita Salazar Dickerson, creates an original painting on canvas. 36x48

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The opportunity to express herself creatively came as soon as Rita could hold a pencil. The middle of seven children, Colorado native, Salazar Dickerson was born and raised in Grand Junction with her father, Joseph Salazar, as her first art teacher: a gifted artist himself, he encouraged and supported Rita's strong desire to draw and paint. Rita's achievements as a young artist led to her first commissioned portrait while still in high school. Her professional career began as the in-house artist for a large savings and loan, creating pen and ink illustrations and writing text for their weekly newspaper ads - but her desire to create fine art never left her. She began painting in earnest in 1997 and has been doing commissioned work ever since.

Rita's formal art training began at Colorado State University, and more recently she has studied in workshops with Louis Carr, Tina Garrett, David Leffel and Rose Frantzen. She has completed hundreds of commissions. Her work is in private and corporate collections throughout North America as well as internationally. Rita lives in Colorado Springs and works in her studio at home.

Salazar Dickerson is an Associate Member of the Oil Painters of America, a Copyist at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., a member of the Portrait Society of America as well as the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, and is the in-house artist at Lost Valley Ranch. Rita is represented by G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs.