Plein Air Curaçao 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
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Labels: curaçao, pastelart, pastelworkshop, pleinair painting, pleinaircuraçao, pleinairpastel, sandranunes
Let it Rain! - Happy Easter!
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Plein air painting on rainy days is a real challenge, but it is a rewarding experience! There is no substitute for the feeling of being there...
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| Let it Rain! Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 50x90cm |
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| Plein air painting on a rainy day Sandra Nunes |
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Labels: cityscape painting, Corcovado, impressionism, oil on canvas, oil painting, pleinair painting, rainyday, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, urban painting, wet street
Happy New Year!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Last 2011 brushstrokes!
A good pick of sites for plein air painting these wet summer days are the city´s viaducts that become a great shelter from the rain that insists on flooding the streets every other day.
It was under one of these overpasses that I made my 2011 last plein air brushstrokes.
The scattered showers intensified the rythm of the passengers that the Ferry Boat brought at every 20 minutes...
Ferry Boat Station -Sandra Nunes- oil on linen 46x54 cm
Photos by Meahne Albuquerque, the nice photographer/ journalist who I was very pleased to meet that day.
To all of my visitors I wish an Artful and inspired New Year!
See you in 2012!
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Labels: ferry boat station, Niterói, pleinair painting, praça XV, Rio de Janeiro, Sandra Nunes
April Waters
Thursday, April 8, 2010
April Waters
This is the first post in this blog without pictures, without paintings...The city of Rio de Janeiro is now submerged in a sea of mud, huge old trees thrown on the ground, flooded roads, many lives are being cut short, taken by the force of water coming down the slopes...
No images and no more words by now...
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Labels: brazilian slidemud, flood, pleinair painting, riode janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes
Spring!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Flower Parade
Some additional information about the project I mentioned in the previous post
The show Welcome to Spring is an urban interference to which 20 artists from Rio de Janeiro and 20 from Sao Paulo were invited to customize an iron structure of a stylized flower freely, linking the image of spring to the lauching of a Johnson Company product.
After the show, the flowers will be auctioned and part of the proceeds will go to charity institutions.
The show will be on till October 23rd.
My flower was installed in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas district.
Watch the creative process and installation:
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Labels: flower parade, glade, johnson, paisagem do rio de janeiro, pintura ao ar livre, pintura de flores, pleinair painting, primavera, primaveraglade, Sandra Nunes
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Thursday, December 18, 2008
This is the same spot where the last Worldwide Paint Out took place.
Being the host of the event , I didn´t have time to paint that day, I´ve done a small unfinished sketch and later I went back there to paint , this time by myself.
One of the most beautiful Rio de Janeiro´s postcards, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon portraying a rich ecossystem offers to the passersby spectacles of uncanny beauty at any time of the day at any season of the year .Surrounded by sophisticated districts (Ipanema, Leblon, Jardim Botânico) and framed by majestic mountains it is a good option of leisure for the family.
Sunday at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon -oil on canvas 46x61cm - Sandra Nunes
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Labels: Brazilian Landscapes, oil on canvas, pleinair painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes
Largo dos Guimarães seen from Almirante Alexandrino street - Santa Teresa
Saturday, September 6, 2008
I´m back to my Santa Teresa series of paintings. I´ll post some here as it is more immediate although there are some new ones in my website also at http://www.sandranunes.com/gallery.html
Climbing Almirante Alexandrino street on foot can be a breathtaking experience (pun intended).
We have an astonishing view of Santa Teresa rooftops and Guanabara Bay in the background. The street´s sinuous design is a plus leading our eyes to the tram.
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Labels: almirante alexandrino street, landscape painting, largo dos guimaraes, pleinair painting, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Teresa, santa teresa tram, tramway
Children´s and Teenagers` Rights
Sunday, July 6, 2008
I ´ve been painting in Santa Teresa for a while and I`m associated of Chave Mestra,(Santa Teresa Visual Artists Association), this way I´m getting more and more involved with the community issues.
I was invited to participate of the eighteenth anniversary of the Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (Law establishing children’s and Teenagers rights).
The event is produced and promoted by a Non Governmental Organization that works with the community of Morro dos Prazeres in Santa Teresa.
The aim of the event is to promote a discussion among the civil society about what has changed as well as what can be done to improve what is not working.
There will be Lectures, debates, workshops and Art exhibition
I accepted the invitation and this is one of the works that will be in the exhibition. This is not like the ones I´m used to post here, but it is enough to go out anytime and we watch to a scene like this:
Sinal Fechado - The little Malabarist oil on canvas 65x54cm - Sandra Nunes
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Labels: child work, Children rights, malabarist, Morro dos Prazeres, pleinair painting, Sandra Nunes, Santa Teresa
Here comes the tram!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Continuing my Santa Teresa series, I´m still working on small and large formats . These small canvases or panels come on handy to work en plein air specially in Santa Teresa, climbing its slopes and walking on its narrow, almost non existent sidewalks. (please check the beginning of this series in my official website www.sandranunes.com).
I stopped just in front of Curvelo Tram Station and imediatelly its red roof bathed by our winter sun called my attention , so instead of painting the yellow ochre building with its acqua windows, I decided to work quick and simplify a composition with the red roof thatwas almost shining at that time of the day.
Then it was the time of children from the local public schools to leave. It was a great chance to give some movement to my theme. They ran shouting, calling their companions to catch the crowded tram.
So this painting could only be named:
Here comes the tram! Santa Teresa oil on canvas 22x27cm
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Labels: curvelo, pleinair painting, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram, tram, tramway
Rainy Morning- Praça XV
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Painting en plein air during summer in Rio de Janeiro is always a surprise. Gnerally we have sunny mornings and heavy showers in the afternoon. But we never know...
This special morning when I started this painting it was cloudy, then a bright sun appeared and later a heavy shower came down. I decided to be consistent with my beginning and kept it cloudy. I like rainy days, cools and warms kind of mix and light is difuse. Fortunatelly I had a shelter under a bridge and could finish it in the site.
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Labels: chafariz do mestre Valentim, Chafariz do Paço, Paço Imperial, pleinair painting, Praça VX, Sandra Nunes
Lapa o/c 61x38cm Sandra Nunes
Friday, October 19, 2007
Lapa oil on canvas 61x38cm Sandra Nunes
Lapa, Joaquim Silva street - Rio de Janeiro downtown
Traditional Bohemian area in Rio de Janeiro, it is nowadays a mix of diverse cultural and artistic manifestations. Here you find places where you listen to typical Afro-Brazilian and luso- Brazilian music - samba, forró, chorinho- as well as hip hop and other world influences. Behind the beaten by time windows, you find bars and restaurants where intelectuals come for a beer and enjoy the "Brazilian Montmarte" atmosphere. This is one of the gateways to Santa Teresa hill.
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Labels: bohemian area, Joaquim Silva, Lapa, pleinair painting, Santa Teresa, uban scape
