Far and Near Horizons
Friday, March 29, 2013

I´m excited to announce the next venue of  "World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists"
at Green Drake Gallery -  Millhem Pensilvania from April 4th to 28th, if you missed the New York show you can catch us now!

Tenho a satisfação de anunciar a continuidade da exposição itinerante "World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists nos Estados Unidos."
Green Drake Gallery -  Millhem Pensilvania de 4 a 28 de abril

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Near and Far...Far and Near Horizons!
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

 Opening of two simultaneous shows In Rio de Janeiro - and in New York

As I  mentioned in the previous post, this year started really well. I´m in two simultaneous shows :

In Rio de Janeiro : Arte na Orla - at Forte de Copacabana
From  March 7 to 17th - from 10 am to 06 pm

In New York : Far and Near  Horizons at New Century Artists Gallery -530, west 25th street suite 406 - New York
From March 5th to 23rd 

At the same time the beautiful coffe table book Far and Near Horizons was released, featuring works of the group in The World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists from which I´m honored to be part!
This book is available  at Amazon.com
 

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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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Plein Air Painting in Urca
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Sketching in Urca

I love mornings in Urca. This district in Rio de Janeiro, home of Sugar Loaf Mountain is always very quiet. The charming houses and small buildings shaded by trees is a real oasis.
I´ve decided to work in some small sketches as a counterpoint of a very large painting that is in progress by now.
I aimed to simplify the most I could. I intended to take pictures of the process, but it didn´t work, I took just one of the first washes and then, I forgot to stop...


First washes...
Felix Laranjeiras Square - Urca- oil on canvas 22x27cm Sandra Nunes



This charming red brick house half shaded by a green garden was calling me to paint

The red brick house- Urca -oil on canvas 27x22cm -Sandra Nunes

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Old Fountain
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Old Fountain oil on linen on canvas 8"x10"

The purpose of some fountains in Rio de Janeiro was to provide potable water to the city. Some of these are still working today in their original form. This one was first built in downtown area in 1883, then in 1904 as a part of the process of modernization of the city, it was transferred to the south zone in the district of Botafogo.

Paint your village and you will paint the world...
Well, this is pretty much what I´ve been trying to do. This is the first image I see whenever I get out home, although I´ve already painted it, I´ve never composed it this way.
The morning light bathes the old fountain with Corcovado Mountain in the background as a witness.
This painting is going to Far and Near Horizons - World tour of contemporary Landscape Artists. I thought it would be interesting, to send a piece of my "daily life". The exhibition is already in its second year and to start this season it will be in Eastes Park - Fine Art Gallery, Colorado USA.

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