Rita Beasley is born in Epenarra around 1956.

She started painting in 2002 when China de la Vega came. She enjoys painting with Jessie Beasley. Her main subjects are bush tuckers, frog holes and landscape. 

She has a visual impairment, 

April 2009 – exhibited in an exhibition at the Bleeding Heart Gallery in Brisbane

June 2009 – Exhibited as part of the ‘mwerrangker art from the Silver Bullets’ exhibition at Birrung Gallery in Sydney

August 2009 – Exhibited as part of the Barkly Showcase at Tandanya in Adelaide

“Rita layers brushed lines over and around bush tucker. She has grown in confidence but still looks for support from two of her older sisters, Jessie Senior and Topsy”

China de la Vega