Sketching Boats
Friday, February 24, 2012
Now that summer is really here, the way to the waterfront with my pochade box is a natural choice. I had the right time to sketch these boats till the owner of one of them arrived to take it to the sea.
He is a very kind gentleman who even offered to take my picture!
Boat study- Sandra Nunes - o/p 14 x22cm
Sketching boats
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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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Labels: blog, bonde de santa teresa, carnival in rio, facebook, paisagem do rio de janeiro, plein air paintings, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram, social networks
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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Labels: carnival in rio, oil painting, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram
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
Artclub Magazine -Worldwide Paintout
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Worldwide Paintout- Rio de Janeiro is featured in Artclub Magazine!
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Labels: landscape painting, plein air painting, Sandra Nunes, worldwide paintout
Quebra- Mar
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
On a gray day the color of this water is stunning!
Quebra-Mar -Sandra Nunes -oil on panel 16x22cm
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Labels: barra da tijuca, joatinga, oil on canvas, pedra da gávea, plein air painting, quebra-mar, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes
Monte Alegre Street
Before the tram stopped...
Monte Alegre Street - Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 54x65 cm
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Labels: bonde de santa teresa, Monte Alegre street, oil on canvas, old tram, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram
Sunflowers and Hydrangeas
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sunflowers and Hydrangeas -Sandra Nunes Soft Pastel on wallis - 55x38 cm 
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Labels: flower painting, hydrangeas, Sandra Nunes, sennelier, soft pastels, springtime, sunflower, wallis paper
Rainy Spring
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
We are experiencing a quite unusual Spring this year. I´ve tried to capture the exquisite atmosphere of a rainy day in Urca beach.
Rainy Spring -Urca -Sandra Nunes oil on canvas 55 x 33cm
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Labels: plein air painting, Praia da Urca, rio de janeiro landscape, Sandra Nunes, ura
Aura´s House
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Comission delivered to a happy collector!
Aura´s House -Sandra Nunes - oil on linen 33x41cm
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Labels: oil on canvas, plein air painting, rio de janeiro landscape, Sandra Nunes, Santa Teresa
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
Worldwide Paintout -Rio 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
It was a cloudy(almost rainy) Sunday morning but it didn´t prevent us from having a great time painting together.
Flamengo Park was the perfect backdrop for the creativity of artists who attended the event and were treated to a pleasant temperature and a warm reception in Estácio de Sá Cultural Center.
The first artists to come were uncertain about the imminent rain...
Little by little artists arrived and started to open their easels
In no time, passersby could watch oil painters, watercolorists, acrylic painters all in action
Mr José Carlos , editor of Art Club Magazine paid us a visit, we are going to be featured in the nest issue!
Mr Elias Abreu, curator of the Cultural Center was a wonderful host, we were offered a show featuring the works we did that day. How cool is that?
The peaceful atmosphere could be felt and the energy we shared was reflected on each artist´s face
As usual I had a hard time trying to gather artists so that we could have just one photo with everybody... we always miss somebody...
The group:
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Labels: aterro do flamengo, encontro mundial de pintura ao ar livre, IPAP, monumento a estacio de sá, oil painting, plein ar painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes, worldwide paintout
Blooming Ipe
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
From Dona Marta Belvedere we have an amazing view of the city, but that day the appeal of this blooming Ipe was stronger , its copious flowers formed a perfect frame for Corcovado and Christ the Redeemer. I had to paint it!
Blooming Ipe-Sandra Nunes- o/c 61x46cm
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Labels: belvedere dona marta, Corcovado, oil on canvas, plein air painting, Rio de janeiro landscapes, Sandra Nunes
Ilhabela - The workshop experience
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Ilhabela - Alvaro Castagnet Workshop
I love watercolor, it is fascinating dealing with water, I enjoy the possibity of "accidents",trying to take advantage of this seemingly untamed medium and colors melting on paper.
It was a great workshop experience with Alvaro Castagnet in Ilhabela.
This was one of the paintings I did there, the idea was simplify, simplify, simplify...
Ilhabela -Sandra Nunes watercolor on saunders waterford paper-
The workshop was very intense and joined a group of talented painters in a paradisiac island. Besides being a great artist, Alvaro Castagnet is a generous instructor. The coordination by Carmem Abranches and Gonzalo Carcamo was flawless from the reception in the island till the end, when we were treated by a Happy Hour under a full moon light!
Also, I made a facebook page where you can read more about my workshop experience.
Check that out here
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Labels: alvaro castagnet, boat painting, gonzalo carcamo, Ilhabela, marine painting, plein air painting, Sandra Nunes, watercolor, workshop
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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Labels: oil on canvas, plein air painting, rio de janeiro landscape, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram
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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Labels: chave mestra, laurinda santos lobo, open studios show, plein air painting, Sandra Nunes, santa teresa tram
Painting in Monet's Gardens - Giverny
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Time really flies! I have a lot of news since my last update, I intend to devote a post exclusively about this trip when I return to Brazil.
By now I'm just sharing some highlights..
Monet's luxurious gardens offer unlimited possibilities of composition
But that bridge attracts like a magnet
to be continued...
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Labels: giverny, impressionism, japanese bridge, monet, oil on canvas, plein air painting, pochade box, Sandra Nunes
Sunset on Notre Dame de Paris
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Spring in Paris, sunset at 10:00 pm...after all museums are closed, I still have daylight to paint!
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Labels: oil on canvas, oil painting, paris landscapes, plein air painting, river seine, Sandra Nunes, sunset on notre dame
Painting in Paris
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Strolling through Paris streets with my Julian thumb box....
Hotel de Ville
La Seine...
more to come...
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Labels: hotel de ville, impressionism, oil painting, paris landscapes, plein air painting, pochade, Sandra Nunes, seine, sketching
Paris at the time of the Impressionists
Monday, June 6, 2011
It is very difficult to paint in a city with so much to see. Paris breathes art around every corner this spring.
The exhibition at Hotel de Ville takes us on a trip to the turn of the nineteenth century's brushes by bringing together some work from the Museum D'Orsay.
It's easy to forget that the sun shines outside, contemplating the icy atmosphere of this masterpiece depicted by Caillebotte:
Vue de toits (effets de neige) - Gustave Caillebotte
almost hear the noise of the train ...
Gare Saint Lazare - Claude Monet
or witness the fatigue and loneliness through Lautrec's masterful lines
Seule - Toulouse Lautrec
As we are not allowed to take pictures, I've picked these ones from the web.
Paris au temps des Impressionistes ends July 30th.
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Labels: caillebotte, hotel de ville, impressionism, landscape painting, Lautrec, monet, oil on canvas, paris landscapes, Sandra Nunes
Marina da Gloria
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
I´m always intrigued by the light hitting the cobweb formed by the masts, rigs, ropes and their reflex on the water as well.
Marina da Gloria- Sandra Nunes - 46x61cm soft pastel on wallis 
Having fun with pastels!
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Labels: boat painting, marine painting, plein air painting, sandpaper, Sandra Nunes, soft pastel, wallis paper
