Rita Angus, 'Cleopatra' - Print Book She is writing a book

She is writing a book on the history of the island of Ulbha (Ulva) in the Scottish Hebrides

A keen tramper and ecologist

paring it back to essentials

Clann Dhònnchaidh) is a photographic and moving image artist and Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology

Rita Angus, 'Cleopatra' - Print Book She is writing a bookRita Angus (1908 1970) studied at the Canterbury College School of Art from 1927 1933. In the early 1930s she developed a distinctive painting style, characterised by bold colour and clean, clear lines. Best known for her portraiture and landscapes, Angus work was strongly shaped by her pacifist and feminist beliefs. Over a period of 40 years she produced a remarkable body of oil paintings and watercolours, helping to shape a modern school of art in