R. Bitanga is iconic as the Philippines' first and foremost woman abstract artist. A graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, USA, she was inspired and started to work on abstract painting. Her first abstract work "Galloping Horses" won third prize in the Art Competition sponsored by the Pontiac Society of Artsits. Her paintings range from miniature expressionistic landscapes, still lifes, life studies to mural-sized abstracts depicting arrested motion in a form of Futurism.
Her sculptures consist of metal and terracotta pieces. She also creates one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces and other ornaments. Her works are in museums and prominent public and private collections in the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, the Vatican, Italy, Canada and the United States.
