When Rita was 14, we visited Rome, Italy together. Here Rita got to know the works of a great Italian painter from the 17th century, Caravaggio, the founder of realism in Italian art. She understood Caravaggio’s art with her heart, fell in love with Caravaggio’s works, his ambitions to show real life in his work. The result of this acquaintance is the copy of the picture “The Calling of St. Matthew”. She worked on this piece under the supervision of Nahum at the age of 14.

Rita has some other later works that are copies of classic works by well-known artists, such as Rubens’ Venus with Mirror, which she brought as a 21st birthday present for Simon. There are also copies of Van Hoch pictures, as well as a copy of the Icon of Saint Mary from the Saint Cyrill Church in Kiev, Ukraine a product of Vrubel’s brush.