Largo de São Francisco
Sunday, October 21, 2012

I love watching people downtown milling around...
This is an old Catholic Church dedicated to Saint Francis, it is  beautiful outside and inside as well.
It is located at  Rio´s historic center .
    
    Saint Francis Church- sandra nunes- oil on canvas 46x38 cm

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Labels: impressionism, oil paint, old rio de janeiro, plein air painting, Saint Francis church, Sandra Nunes, urban painting

Saint Francis Church
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Saint Francis Church, oil on canvas 27x22cm


This study is a crop of an old church, maybe one of the oldest in Niterói(one of Rio de Janeiro´s neighbour cities). It was established in the XVIth or XVIIth Century and it is a precious example of Brazilian Colonial architecture, keeping in its interior rarities as an image of Saint Francis plated in gold and a Baptismal sink made by the Indians.
I intend to go back to this site as the reflective surface of its white walls in light as well as in shade are very appealing to paint.

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Labels: oil on canvas, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Saint Francis church, Sandra Nunes, São Francisco, World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists