Pina Manoni-Rennick was born in Bassano Romano - a town north of Rome, Italy. Her life-long interest in nature nurtured her desire to recreate it with oil, watercolour and more recently, in acrylics. Pina has enhanced her skills by taking the Visual Arts Program at Algonquin College, workshops at St. Lawrence College, The Ottawa School of Art, and through ongoing study with National and International artists.

She paints each day both at her studio and on location. Every Friday she meets and paints "plein air" with the "Friday Morning Painters" and on Wednesdays she can be found with fellow artists figure drawing. She is a member of the Ottawa Art Association, the Manotick Art Association and she is an associate of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. Pina has enjoyed displaying her work in three solo shows and several group showings in Ottawa and the surrounding region such as: the Ottawa Art Festival, The Rideau Valley Art Festival in Westport, Russell's Autumn in the Country, the Merrickville Art Festival and was part of the successful "Points of View" show at Ottawa's Cube Gallery. She displays regularly at the Ottawa Little Theatre and the Ottawa Art Gallery. Pina has won several awards including the Blythe MacDonald Award for her watercolours.

"Painting for me is a pleasurable, ongoing journey of discovery. It's a wonderful way to express myself. Colour has always been the constant force behind my paintings - its what I love most. Through my paintings I want viewers to see the colourful beauty that surrounds us and to feel the same sense of joy and excitement I feel when creating them."

Her work hangs in various collections in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

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Pina's Russell studio is open by appointment. You can contact Pina by email at info@pina-manoni-rennick.com