Paraty, the Historic City
Walking around the streets of Paraty is a real challenge, its cobble stoned streets demand attention to each step. Get lost on their colorful corners, sit in a cafe, watch the slow pace of time is worth any sacrifice...
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| Sandra Nunes painting in Paraty |
Whenever I go out to a plein air painting session, I take some time feeling the local atmosphere, allowing the suroundings to make contact with me, start moving my brushes and paints. The amazing city of Paraty reveals itself beyond its colonial colorful houses.
The post card compositions so many times painted by artists from the past and contemporary as well are a great attraction, but this time what first called my attention was the afternoon light bathing the boats on the river.
Masses of light and color...
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| Sandra Nunes painting in Paraty |
This is one of the paintings that I intend to develop into a larger one
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| Sandra Nunes painting in Paraty |
As usual, passersby stop for a few minutes to talk... This couple kindly compliments me for the painting and mentions that the painter Djanira da Motta e Silva also go inspiration from this bridge for the work
"Flight to Egipt".
I hadn´t heard about this painting and I got curious to know how Djanira, who lived here for a time, interpreted the theme.
here it is:
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Flight to Egypt
Djanira da Motta e Silva oil on canvas
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Paraty Paint Out
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| Friends in the Paraty Paint Out |
Capturing the last lights of the day
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| Plein Air Painting in Paraty |
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| Paraty, A travel in Time |
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| Paraty, A travel in Time |
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| Plein Air Painting in Paraty |
Sandra Nunes, at Praça da Matriz in Paraty
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| End of day in Paraty, last lights... |
I´ll post the finished paintings soon...
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Posted bySandra Nunes
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Labels:
historic city,
impressionism,
oil on canvas,
oil painting,
Paraty,
Paraty Djanira da Motta e Silva,
plein air painting,
Rio de janeiro colonial houses,
Rio de janeiro landscapes,
Sandra Nunes
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