Rita Daly is a visual artist living in Victoria, British Columbia. She has spent most of her life and career working as a journalist and editor in Toronto.

Originally inspired in childhood by her artist mother, she went on to study at the Toronto School of Art and the Vancouver Island School of Art. She exhibited her work at a duo exhibition in Toronto with photographer husband Ken Faught, and has participated in group exhibitions in Ontario and British Columbia. She is a member of Xchanges, an artist-run gallery in Victoria.

Her work reflects the interconnection between art and play, and the sense of freedom, simplicity and optimism that derives from both. Using images real or imagined as a point of departure, her abstract work lets chance play out through the use of colour, shapes, line and layering.

“I strive to create something dynamic and inviting. The intent is to have an instantaneous effect on the viewer’s vision and perception, and in that sense I am interested in a mood that is uplifting.”

– RITA DALY