"My painting is non-figurative, abstract, maybe it's lyrical. All the terminology is not important. What is important is the actual painting. When you're looking at the painting you're looking at something real, and that's what counts."
Born in Drummondville, Quebec, to Abenaki and Quebecois parents, Rita Letendre began painting in 1940s Montreal. Renowned for her vibrant and visceral style, Letendre engaged with colour, light, and space to express the full energy of life and harness in her powerful gestures an intense spiritual force.