Plein Air Painting

Arte de Portas Abertas - Santa Teresa Open Studios
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Laurinda Santos Lobo Cultural Center

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The opening night

Guests arriving for the event´s first official visiting day

Nice music at the porch warms up the cold winter afternoon

friends...

Artists friends...

And the visit continues in my studio "off Santa"... Another young couple took some of my paintings to live with them!

If you are in the area and want to have some of my original paintings, just contact me to schedule a visit.

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Labels: arte de portas aberta, impressionism, plein air paintings, Sandra Nunes, Santa Teresa, tram

Dazzling Reflections
Friday, August 9, 2013

My theme of choice today is for sure a result of all the exposure I've had specially to Monet´s paintings at Normandy Impressionist Festival. I promissed in a previous post when I was still there, that I would dedicate a post to the Festival. Well, I´m not ready for that yet...So much to do, so little time...
Inspired by the Master I went to the pond at Botanic Garden to capture the dancing shapes of water.

sandra nunes- painting at Botanic Garden

the abstract shapes got me mesmerized...

sandra nunes- painting at Botanic Garden

more about the Normandy Impressionist Festival here

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Labels: impressionism, monet, Normandy Impressionist Festival, plein air painting, pond painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, vitoria regia, water lilly

São Salvador Square - Praça São Salvador
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Bright winter morning.

Nestled between Laranjeiras and Flamengo busy districts in Rio de Janeiro, this square is a real oasis. Early in the morning children come to play, neighbors enjoy the warm winter sun sitting on its benches around the exquisite fountain..

Life here seems to change its pace...

Really a great site to open my easel and capture the bucolic atmosphere on the canvas!

Sandra Nunes- painting at São Salvador Square

Sandra nunes- painting at São Salvador Square

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Labels: fountain painting, impressionism, oil on canvas, plein air painting, praça são salvador, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes

Outeiro da Glória
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Nestled on a hill surrounded by a luxurious vegetation, this church calls the attention of the passersby. I've chosen to depict it, this time, bathed by the warm morning light.

Outeiro da Gloria-Sandra Nunes o/c 61x46cm

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Labels: nossa senhora da gloria church, oil on canvas, old rio de janeiro, outeiro da gloria, plein air painting, Praça Paris, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes

Normandy Impressionist Festival
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Painting in Normandy

The 2013 edition of the Impressionist Festival takes place all over Normandy, offering exhibitions and multidisciplinary events (music, theatre, dance, etc.)
This year the theme of the Festival is water.Works by the impressionist masters came from several public and private collections from Europe and USA.

The exhibit at Rouen Fine Arts Museum is superb! One hundred works depicting water through the brushes of Monet, Caillebotte, Berthe Morizot, Jongking, Manet, Renoir, Signac...

I intend to dedicate a special post about this in the future.

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I managed to find a not so quiet spot to set my pochade box and paint at the Quai du Havre yesterday. Very nice weather!

sandra nunes- painting in Rouen

sandra nunes- painting in Rouen

sandra nunes- painting in Rouen

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Labels: Boudin, caillebotte, impressionism, impressionist festival, Jongking, marine painting, monet, normandy, painting boats, plein air painting, Renoir, Rouen, Sandra Nunes

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!

This one went to a young couple in Australia:

" We received the painting and we loved the final result.It will live in our dining room :) . Everything went smooth and we are very happy!

Thanks once more, when we go to Brazil we´ll schedule a visit to your studio"

Enseada de Botafogo- sandra nunes -oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm

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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

Painting at Theatro Municipal
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Leaving the studio for plein air painting can be quite an adventure. It takes a lot of exercise on some special skills that have nothing to do with painting. Besides coping with atmospheric conditions we learn to keep focused despite passers by, who sometimes insist on giving unwanted opinions, ask for information or simply feel at ease to stop and talk to you.

My concentration skill was tested this day, downtown, when I was part of the scenery of a short movie that was being shot at my painting location.

It was fun!

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Labels: architecture, impressionist painting, oil painting, old rio de janeiro, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, theatro municipal do rio de janeiro

Largo do Boticário
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Most of the paintings after leaving the studio to find their new homes are not seen by the artist in person anymore, we are left with the pictures, the memory of the process, and that is great.

This one I had the pleasure to meet again after 8 years.

Largo do Boticário - oil on canvas - 1,90x 4,20 metros

This is a difficult painting to photograph beacuse of its dimensions

It is now in exhibition at Rio de Janeiro Federal University -

Largo do Boticário - oil on canvas - 1,90x 4,20 m - detail

You can check the creative process in this short video:

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Labels: architecture paintings, impressionism, largo do boticario, oil on canvas, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes

Sketching at the Museum
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Rio de Janeiro recently has received a brand new Museum completely dedicated to the Wonderful City.

Right now one of the exhibitions opened is "Rio de Janeiro in Images, a Landscape under Construction".

It is about 400 works depicting a panorama of the collective construction of the city landscape thoughout 19th ,20th and 21st centuries. There are paintings, photos, and video instalations. It was wonderful visiting Gustavo Dallara, João Batista da Costa, Bruno Lechowski, Eliseu Visconti, Timotheo da Costa and so many other masters who shared with us their views of the city.

I could not resist sketching in front of those amazing originals!

Museu de Arte do Rio - Praça Mauá, 5 - Centro- tel 21 22031235

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Labels: Eliseu Visconti, Gustavo Dallara, MAR, oil on canvas, oiL painting bruno lechowski, plein air painting, Rio de Janeiro Art Museum, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, sketching, timótheo da Costa

Urca, Autumn Light
Saturday, April 6, 2013

The lush colors of the flowers on the facades set an exquisite contrast with the bare tree trunks!

Urca, Autumn light - sandra nunes -

oil on linen 65x 46 cm

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Labels: a la prima painting, autumn leaves, impressionism, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, Urca

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

Check some photos of New York opening.

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Labels: Far and Near Horizons, green drake gallery, impressionist exhibition, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists

Marina da Glória, afternoon light
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

I just love the play of colors revealed by the afternoon light on these boats!

Marina da Gloria, afternoon light-sandra nunes

oil on linen 65x46cm

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Labels: boats, impressionism, marina da glória, marine painting, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, sail boats, Sandra Nunes

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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Labels: Far and Near Horizons, grupo arte carioca, New century artists gallery, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists

Happy New Year, again!
Saturday, February 23, 2013

It is said that in Brazil the year officially starts after Carnival. Well, in fact I haven´t stopped working since before Christmas season, doing commissions, organizing the studio and getting ready for two exhibits one local and other international. Now it is time to share the results.

I´m excited to announce that I will be exhibiting in New York City this March with the World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists and featured in a beautiful coffee table book that will be available during the exhibit and online through amazon.com. So if you are in the area, don´t miss the opportunity to see my work up close and personal!

This exhibit will travel next to Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center 101 W Main Street Millheim, PA 16854
from April 4th to 28th .

Locally I´ll be in a group show at Forte de Copacabana as part of the project "Pintando a Orla" from March 7th to 17th.

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Labels: Far and Near Horizons, impressionism, IPAP, Landscape artists international.world tour of contemporary landscape artists, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, 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

2012 last pastel strokes - Happy New Year!
Monday, December 31, 2012

Last day of the year , the weather is unbelievably hot in Rio, too much for plein air painting. So, I went to the studio, the idea was to organize a bit of the mess in order to start fresh the new year.
But I could not resist the appeal of my Christmas poinsettias in a green vase...

So here they are : 2012 Last pastel strokes -

Poinsettias in a green vase -sandra nunes-
soft pastels on wallis 40 x 30 cm

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Labels: floral painting, impressionistic painting, plein air painting, poinsettias, Sandra Nunes, soft pastels, wallis paper

It is a new day!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Happy Holidays!

Quebramar Sunrise- Sandra Nunes- oil on canvas 30 x 120 cm

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Labels: barara da tijuca, impressionism, marine painting, plein air painting, rio de janeiro paintings, rio de janeiro seascape, Sandra Nunes

Pedra Bonita!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

After a pleasant hiking uphill our senses are blessed with a breathtaking view

What to paint where everything calls your attention?

At some point I´m so integrated tha I become part of the scenery!

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Labels: impressionism, impressionist painting, oil on canvas, pedra bonita, pedra da gávea, plenair painting, rio de janeiro landscape, Sandra Nunes

Laranjeiras Palace
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

From a borrowed window...
Laranjeiras Palace- Sandra nunes- o/c 60 x 80 cm

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Labels: impressionism, laranjeiras palace, oil on canvas, palácio laranjeiras, parque guinle, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes