No tram today...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Santa Teresa without tram

No tram today -Sandra Nunes o/c 22x27cm

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Labels: bondinho de santa teresa, oil painting, plein air painting, riode janeiro landscapes, sandra_nunes, santa teresa tram

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

A Midsummer Night in Rio - Christmas Festival
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Christmas Festival is a life size outdoors Nativity Scenes show, exclusively produced by 50 Brazilian artists selected through a contest.
These works are displayed in public places such as airports, streets and subway stations.

The concept of Nativity I´ve presented for this event is naturally a byproduct of my daily plein air painting work on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, which, in addition to its stunning beauty, exposes the daily lives of its people in a social-economic and cultural melting pot.

A Midsummer Night in Rio...
"The bohemian Lapa district becomes the stage for the birth of a baby at the foot of its Arches...Three curious street kids approach that family attracted by the scene..."

A Midsummer Night in Rio - Sandra Nunes
mixed media - 13.7x8.2x3.3 feetThis work is displayed at Rio de Janeiro Bus Terminal - Downtown from November 29th to January 6th
You can watch the work in progress here

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Labels: acrylic on panel, Arcos da Lapa, christmas festival, nativity scene, oil on canvas, plein air painting, riode janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes

Lavradio Street - Lapa
Monday, November 2, 2009

This 18th Century street in downtown Rio de Janeiro experiences a renaissance nowadays.It is located in Rio’s historical and commercial center. From the end of the 19th Century, the city’s elite made its home in Lapa district, where baronesses and counts mixed with Rio’s bohemian population. The city’s best cabarets and theatres were located there.
As I´ve been working on extra large formats,(I´ll post it soon) I´ve decided to approach this theme with small studies for a change.Maybe I´ll paint some of them larger in the future... I like to alternate between large and smalishes, each one has its own charm.
It was an overcast day and I decided to stop at this corner where nowadays is the headquarter of Brazilian Fine Art Society.


Brazilian Fine Arts Society - op 22x27 cm Sandra Nunes
The next day I headed to the last block of Rua do Lavradio. Lined with tastefully decorated restaurants, nightclubs, antique stores and a neighborhood barbershop, it was restored and entirely pedestrianized. It was difficult not to be distracted by the turn of the century streetlights, and several other embelishments of this part of the street.
I intended to edit , simplify and focus on the play of light on the colorful old buildings.

Lavradio Street - op 22x27cm - Sandra Nunes

This place sure deserves a series...

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Labels: Arcos da Lapa, brazilian fine arts, lavradio street antique shops, oil on canvas, old rio dejaneiro, pleinair paintings, riode janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, urban landscape