Rita Thorn

Mixed Media Artist

Each week in my garden studio in Moreton-in-Marsh, I run a regular art class (currently Wednesdays from 1.30pm to 4.30pm) where we explore different subject matter and cover a wide range of art disciplines including drawing, painting and mixed media techniques.

I’m also available for one-to-one lessons on other days, which often serve as an introduction for new students exploring what they’d like to learn. I regularly run workshops and four-week courses focusing on specific aspects, with dates and times posted on the website as they’re scheduled.

Upcoming events

Unfolding Landscapes: an exhibition at Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham

Unfolding Landscapes: an exhibition at Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham

Thursday 17 July 2025 – Wednesday 23 July 2025    
10:00 – 16:30
Sixteen Gallery
Featuring semi-abstract mixed media interpretations of nature alongside impressionistic landscapes by local artists Rita Thorn and Melanie Thorn Potten.
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Latest posts

  • Welcome to 2025

    Welcome to 2025

    A new creative year begins and with it the opportunity to try new things. For me fresh artistic inspiration is always a good way to go! I like to look at the work of other artists so that I remain open to new ideas and approaches. This year I am really looking forward to using… Continue reading

  • Golden October

    Golden October

    Finally at the end of this colourful month of October, my new garden studio is open for classes, and what better than to be celebrating the rich palette of this Autumn season! The studio is a light and airy space that can hold four students and me. I plan to hold some new workshops and a variety… Continue reading

Testimonials

Rita is an inspirational teacher and a fine artist. She has taught me so much in a gentle but outstanding way. I am immensely grateful to her and enjoy art in a way I have not previously experienced.

Thoroughly enjoyed the two days! Very absorbing, fun and an education in different media.

Interesting to learn new techniques and be enabled to create something different.

A wonderful course! Help and inspiration when needed. I appreciated helpful suggestions together with the freedom to incorporate my own ideas.

Thoroughly enjoyed the two-day workshop in Devon. Very absorbing, fun and an education in different media.

Rita’s art workshops are a wonderful creative journey using colour, texture and imagination in a relaxed and interesting ambience. Always uplifting with new ideas to discover and try, her classes provide a tremendous focus for artistic adventure. Thank you Rita!

Art sessions with Rita are uplifting and enlightening! She creates a lovely ambiance within which to paint and offers good advice and direction when needed. I have returned to art after some years and am lucky enough to have found the perfect teacher.

I have been going to Rita’s artistic workshops for quite a number of years and as well as spending a few creative hours a week, using different mediums, learning new techniques as well as breaking the occasional artistic rule, it has proved to be a wonderful haven for our small group, somewhere where an ambience of calm and laughter replaces the hassles of every day life.