Arte de Portas Abertas - Santa Teresa Open Studios
Thursday, July 13, 2017

This weekend the district of Santa Teresa will receive thousands of visitors for its Arte de Portas Abertas event.
I will be at Solar Mariano exhibiting some of my recent paintings, if you happen to be in the area, stop by!

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Arte de Portas Abertas - Santa Teresa Open Studios
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Thanks everyone who attended my show  at Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo this weekend. It was great meeting old friends and making new ones!
The show runs til August 30th from Tuesday to Sunday - from 10 am to 05:00 pm
If you happen to be in Rio at this time, stop by!

Arte de Portas Abertas Opening Night Sandra Nunes

Arte de Portas Abertas Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo Sandra Nunes

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Arte de Portas Abertas 2014 - Open Studios 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Thanks to all who visited Open Studios 2014 in Santa Teresa. It was great to meet old friends, collectors and make new contacts. If by chance you could not make it,  you can still see some of my paintings,  the show Ateliers in Transit runs till October 11th at Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo.

Sandra Nunes - Arte de Portas Abertas 2014 Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo

Arte de Portas Abertas 2014  Opening night and vist Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo

From O Globo newspaper

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Santa Teresa Tram
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

After two years without its charming tram, Santa Teresa is getting ready to receive the new ones that should be here next year.
Meanwhile...an evocation of the old ones...

                                                       Old Tram at Guimaraes Station, Sandra Nunes - 46 x 61 cm

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Tram in Focus/ The last trip
Sunday, September 2, 2012

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Santa Teresa Open Studios
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

During the event this year  I´ll be showing some recent works at Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo, Monte Alegre Street 308, Santa Teresa.

You can check some pictures of this year event in my Facebook page here

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Facebook page or Blog?
Sunday, February 19, 2012

The last tram - Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 22 x 27 cm

This blog has emerged as an alternative and / or attachment to my official page on the web. At that time it was seen as a more dynamic way to keep the page updated, posting works and events as they were created.
With the growth of social networks and the possibility of creating professional pages, the dynamics of the blog has given way to the almost instantaneous effect of the new media, reaching a wider audience more quickly.

Well, why these considerations on carnival?

It turns out that, as it can be noticed here on the right side where it says "Facebook Page" there´s a message that leads nowhere. My professional page on facebook has just vanished into cyberspace!
Do not ask me why because I have no answer, I apologize for my absence to friends who followed the latest posts there and meanwhile I´ll try to update here.

And speaking of absence, I´m posting this painting as a tribute to the tram driver who used to give a quick stop to watch me painting in Santa Teresa (Mr Nelson) and the missing cable car on this Carnival.

An update on this post: After some emails sent ...My facebook page is up again! Thanks facebook team! check it at: https://www.facebook.com/sandranunes.art

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Carnival in Rio - No tram
Friday, February 17, 2012

From today till tuesday Rio de Janeiro becomes a ball room. This year Santa Teresa suffers from the absence of our charming tram.

Carnival in Santa Teresa -Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 46x38cm

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Monte Alegre Street
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Before the tram stopped...

Monte Alegre Street - Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 54x65 cm

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

Santa Teresa without tram

No tram today -Sandra Nunes o/c 22x27cm

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Studios in Transit - Arte de Portas Abertas 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Well, I´m trying to catch up with the last events, I barely had time to unpack from my trip to Europe before I had to set up for this show . The concept this year was bringing to the Cultural Center a bit of each artist´s studio...

The first day :Plein air demo in the garden...
Arte de Portas Abertas exposes Santa Teresa´s cultural melting pot . I had a blast this year, meeting people of all ages...from different countries.. Speaking three( or four?) languages simultaneously is tiresome, but it was a rewarding experience.

With the studio casual atmosphere guests could be in contact wth some art materials and works in progress...



I had a lot of young guests this year......some really very young...
meeting old friends...
New collectors...


Thanks to all who attended, sent me emails or called me by phone.It was nice to meet you at Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo!

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New Show
Friday, July 8, 2011

The 21st edition of Arte de Portas Abertas has just started today. This year I´m in a group show "Studios in Transit" where the public will have the opportunity to have a sneak peak of my newest paintings and the creative process as well.
If you are in Rio these days, stop by !
The event takes place July 8,9 and 10th. And the show continues until July 30th.

I´m in Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo. Monte Alegre Street 306. Santa Teresa

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Carioca Impressions - Solo show
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

I´m proud to announce the opening of my upcoming solo show "Carioca Impressions"
It will be part of a great event in Rio de Janeiro´s Cultural calendar :Arte de Portas Abertas- "Open doors Studio"
My show will be held in Castelinho 38 gallery, a charming and cosy building well located in a quiet street in Santa Teresa. It will showcase my recent paintings emphasizing my on-going Santa Teresa Collections.
If you happen to be in the area , drop in. I´ll be happy to meet you there!

Here is the place where the show will be held, I could not resist this bright morning light hitting the side wall and peaking through the castle towers:

castelinho 38 -oil on canvas 41x33cm sandra nunes

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Welcome Spring!
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Carioca Spring
This is a comission I´ve just finished as a part of a marketing project for Johnson Company launching of a new product.
The concept is to link spring season just beginning with the artwork.
I´ve received the stylized flower to work freely with it.

My inspiration: Rio de Janeiro
Working on side 2
Working on side 1 Braiding wires(spring on the tram rails)

Carioca Spring side 1 - mixed media - Sandra Nunes


Carioca Spring - side 2 - mixed media - Sandra Nunes

In the next post I´ll show some close ups and the making of... stay tuned!

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Largo das Neves, Santa Teresa
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Where the tram turns around

Surrounded by beautiful small two store buildings from 19th century, this Santa Teresa´s bucolic square often acts as scenario for movies and commercial ads. I set up my painting gear in front of the old church and started my composition.
The tram had already its place reserved on my canvas, it was just a matter of time and it would come to model for me. When it started its run my work was already structured and little by little the lazy Sunday morning started to wake up; locals and tourists heading the center of the square called my attention, from far away it could be heard the sound of berimbau (Brazilian musical instrument). People started to gather and I heard from a passerby that a Brazilian Capoeira show would start in some minutes.For a short period of time I was undecided, should I watch the show or should I go on with my painting? This sort of game, fight, dance is really amazing the players literally fly!
The unexpected crowd jumped into my canvas in quick brushstrokes. I had made my mind for the painting. When I finally could close my easel, the show was about to come to its end.


Largo das Neves, Santa Teresa –oil on linen 60x80cm – Sandra Nunes

If you liked this one you will like to see these paintings.

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Curvelo Tram Station
Friday, December 12, 2008

This post could be named "There goes the Tram" complementing the post 'Here comes the Tram" , from my ongoing Santa Teresa series. This painting was done from the same spot of the last one. This time, working on a larger format, I looked to my right side where the tram leaves the district to its final stop downtown. I was intrigued by the exquisite backlight on the building and on people walking on the quiet street.

Curvelo Tram Station - oil on canvas 38x61cm- Sandra Nunes
Check other paintings from this series in my official website http://www.sandranunes.com/santa_teresa.html

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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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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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