Rina Pita

Whispers from the Forest

Opening Reception: January 9, 7-9pm, 2026
Exhibition Run: January 10-25, Sat/Sun 11am-4pm

Whispers from the Forest invites us into the invisible dimensions within the world of trees, where forces flow between them to warn, protect, and nurture. Beneath the surface lies a hidden reality, layered and complex, where science and wonder meet. Whether born of biology or something like a collective spirit, the forest speaks in ways that feel both mysterious and magical.

The works unfold through a slow alchemy of media. Watercolour, pencil, and ink form the first marks, later scanned and woven together digitally in various platforms, including the iPad, then printed as unique pieces with archival materials. Each work is transformed again by hand with glazes, coloured pencils, water-based oils, and acrylic pens. Every layer alters the image while preserving the memory of what came before, creating a seamless interplay of the digital and the traditional.

What emerges are luminous, layered visions. They are intimate responses to the secret life of plants, and to the silent, unseen connections that bind the living world.

About the Artist

Rina Pita is a Canadian-Chilean artist based in Victoria, BC. With a background spanning design, landscape architecture, painting, printmaking, and digital media, she holds a BFA with honours from the University of Victoria and has also studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her mixed-media practice blends drawing, printmaking, painting, and digital tools to explore themes of nature and memory. Figures often emerge from landscapes, dissolving the boundaries between reality and the surreal.

You can find more information about the artist at the following links:

Website: rinapita.com
Instagram: @rinapita3