Enseada de Botafogo - Botafogo Cove
Monday, May 27, 2013

I love when one of my paintings find a new home, I specially enjoy when their new owners receive them  and send me feedback like these confirming their appreciation!

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Labels: Corcovado, enseada de botafogo, guanabara bay, impressionism, oil on canvas, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Rio de Janeiro world heritage, Sandra Nunes

After the rain !
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Watching the sky after the heavy rain at the end of the day has been a breathtking experience.

                                          After the rain- Sandra Nunes -o/p 16 x 22 cm

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Labels: a la prima painting, Corcovado, guanabara bay, plein air painting, rainbow, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, sunset

Misty Blue
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

I love these misty winter sunrises over Guanabara Bay!
 
    misty blue -Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 30 x50 cm

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Labels: guanabara bay, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, seascapes, Urca

The undertow
Sunday, May 27, 2012

This week undertow provided an excellent opportunity to study the hypnotic rythm of the waves...

                                            The undertow -sandra nunes - oil on panel

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Labels: beach painting, guanabara bay, marine painting, oil on canvas, plein air painting, rio de janeiro seascape, Sandra Nunes, undertow, waves

Sunrise at the Pharoux Wharf - Color notes
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Undoubtedly, one of the aspects that attract me most in painting outdoors is the total integration with the theme.I have been to Pharoux Wharf intending to start a composition I had planned some time ago.
As it was a large format, I considered working in more than one session on the site. On the first day I had the good fortune to meet Monalisa (!), the friendly parking lot clerk who, showing great interest in the painting process, started telling me about the beauty of the sunrise at that place.
I told her my concern about being out so early when most of the city is still asleep. I learned then that the movement of people already exists at that time as the ferryboats start arriving from the other side of the Bay and she is already working.
I didn´t think twice, I put the large canvas on hold and the next day I was there to witness the wonderful show of colors from the pier.
I knew all would be fast, so I went well prepared just to make color notes on small formats:

Sunrise at the Pharoux Wharf - color notes -Sandra Nunes ost 12x22cm
Then, all very quick ...some minutes later, another light, the sun going his way up and clouds coming down...and ...daylight...cloudy?


Clouds over the wharf- color notes -Sandra Nunes- o/b 16x22cm

Pochade box closed, all set to go back home and some steps ahead, sun shining, flamboyants in bloom and the exquisite Albamar green building as backddrop. I had to start over...

Albamar- Harmony in red and green -color notes -Sandra Nunes- o/b 16x22m
Long and productive morning.
Thanks Monalisa!

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Labels: albamar, brazilian artist, color harmony, ferryboats, flamboyants, guanabara bay, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, sunrise in rio

Stroll in Copacabana Fortress
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Long time without posting, but I intend to catch up in a near future,
meanwhile...
Stroll in Copacabana Fortess- Sandra Nunes-
oil on linen 54x46cm

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Labels: beach painting, Copacabana, guanabara bay, plein air painting, rio de janeiro landscape, Sandra Nunes

Sunny Day at Guanabara Bay
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Finally the sun came for two days in a row and with it the weather that suits this city so well. From the first hours of the day on we can learn that the temperature is going to be very high, what can also be a challenge to the plein air painter.

I headed to the same spot where I did the first 2009 plein air painting (please, check the previous post) in search of that friendly leafy tree which gave me shelter from the rain. This time it provided me the shade I needed to protect me from the unbearable warmth of the sun.

I decided to do the same composition of the last sketch just for fun and the silvery grays gave way to the warm light of Rio de Janeiro summertime.

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Labels: boats, brazilian art, brazilian artist, Brazilian Landscapes, comtemporary landscape, guanabara bay, plein air painting, Praia da Urca, seascapes, summertime