Jardim de Alah - Alah´s Garden
I love these almond trees. Brought from India, where they are native, they have adapted so well to our climate that they grow almost with joy and are present in almost every street .Their leaves fall -oficially in winter- but before,they change from green to various shades of red, pink pumpkin, yellow, transforming the sidewalks and streets in a multicolored tapestry. It´s a beauty, a real feast for the eyes!Their trunks and leafless branches against sunlight become exquisite organic sculptures. Alah´s Garden - oil on canvas 40x60cm-Sandra Nunes

Back to Ipanema - Nossa Senhora da Paz Church
I returned to the same spot I had been in Ipanema to catch the morning light ont the gothic/arabic(?) architecture of that beautiful church. This time with a larger linen canvas.... Nossa Senhora da Paz Church -o/l - 72x65cm - Sandra Nunes

Lavradio Street - Lapa
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.

Spring!
Flower ParadeSome additional information about the project I mentioned in the previous post The show Welcome to Spring is a 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, there will be an auction and part of the money will go to charity institutions.

Welcome Spring!
Carioca SpringThis 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