Lita Mattila Stucky has been both an artist and a Fine Arts and Arts & Crafts instructor for most of her adult life. She has owned & operated Studio Art Center in Yankton for going on 20 years. Shown in this gallery section are some of the paintings she has created over the years.
Her family roots on both parents sides originated in Finland. This has given her a great appreciation of country landscapes, flowers and wildlife. Here you see her great love of nature reflected on canvas. She works in and teaches all mediums: colored pencil, pastel, acrylic painting, watercolors and oils.
Lita spent eleven years of her life in Alaska and Canada; five years in Montana and eleven years in far Northern California; plus early childhood being raised on a farm in Oregon. Like many artists, she derives inspiration for her paintings from travels throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest, including upper Peninsula Michigan where both sets of grandparents settled as Finish immigrants at the turn of the century.
Lita now resides with husband Mark, near the banks of the Missouri River in Yankton, South Dakota, where she has been teaching and painting at her Studio Art Center since 1999. They both love to vacation in the Black Hills, Spearfish Canyon and Custer State Park - a great source of inspiration for her South Dakota paintings!
The artwork below is a representation of Lita's abilities. If you see anything you like, or you have a photograph of a scene you love, Lita can be commissioned to do a painting. She also sells prints and notecards. She can be reached by calling (605) 665-7367 or (605) 661-0562.
Enjoy some of her work below.
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Blue Jay
Acrylic
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Mourning Cloak Moth
Acrylic
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Calico in Flowers
Acrylic
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Gardenia
Watercolor
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A Knights Valor
Acrylic
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Garden Habitat
Acrylic
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After the Rain, Peony and Echinaecia
Acrylic
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Monarch Butterfly
Acrylic
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Sacajawea, Strength of Motherhood
Acrylic
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Timberwolf
Oil
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Evening Song
Oil
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Winter Wonderland
Oil on Linen
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Grandma's Joy
Oils
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Hummingbird Habitat
Acrylic
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White Springs, Colorado
Acrylic
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Piney Creek
Oil on Linen
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Emergence
Pastel
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Yankton Shoreline
Acrylic
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Spring Countryside
Acrylic
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Hidden Treasure
Acrylic
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River View
Oil
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Pestimmon
Watercolor
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Poppy's
Oil
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Iris Rhapsody
Acrylic
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Wolf - Mother & Pup
Oils
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Roughlock Falls - Spearfish Canyon
Acrylic
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Autumn Wolf
Oil
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Glacier National Park
Oil
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Solitude
Acrylic
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Daybreak
Acrylic
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Spearfish Creek
Acrylic
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Elk Song
Oil
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Mother Grizzley & Cub
Acrylic
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