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Grandmother Elizabeth
Grandmother Elizabeth

Looking through old family photos I came across a beautiful hand painted photograph of my grandmother taken in the 1920’s.

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Star of the Show
Star of the Show

I am at a loss for words when it comes to the excitement felt when my friend and fellow artist Edwin Lockridge came to the Green Hills Library…

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Silent Storytellers
Silent Storytellers

I have my goal for this year. It is to go back to basics and focus on the silent storytellers of the soul, the eyes. 

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Portraits, Poems & Prayers explores the human experience with expressive charcoal portraits and introspective writings.

Spiritually oriented, this book reminds us that art makes us rather than us making art.

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BOTANICALS

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BOOKS

Portraits, Poems & Prayers
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Mama Says...You Can Always Come Home for Advice
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Mama Says...You Can Always Come Home for Advice
Mama Says...Don't Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly
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Mama Says...Don't Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly
In The Growing Places
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In The Growing Places
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 Rita J. Maggart is a native Tennessean writing and making art in Nashville. Her artistic journey began as a child and she has traveled through the arts of oil painting, photography, floral design, illustration and figure drawing.

Her books include Portraits, Poems & Prayers, In the Growing Places, and a three edition series called Mama Says.