A little trip to Brusque

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 A little trip to Brusque

 

 

 

 

Brusque, from Monthez Hotel, oil on card, 24 x 26 cm - available

 

 

 

Brusque, from Monthez Hotel- detail

 

 

 

 

 

 What is Brusque like?

 

 

 It is certainly very difficult to navegate by car with horrendous one way sistems that make it impossible to get from A to B without going via Z. And there are are many many cars. Oh my!

 

 There is a fine bridge and an interestingly ambitious cathedral by the commercial centre, which closes down at night. There is a sculpture park, located stupidly out on the fringe of town.  There are some nice old factories in a sort of Art Deco. The city is quite clean and tidy, but is a little boring, I felt, with not much of a buzz. 

 

 

 

Brusque from the Zoo car park, oil on card, 24 x 26 cm  Available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brusque from the Zoo car park- detail

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Hill, near Canelinha, oil on card, 22.5 x 21.5 cm - available

 

 

 

 

Hill, near Canelinha- detail

 There are many very steep, rounded hills in Santa Catarina.

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A trip to São João Batista and Canelinha

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 Canelinha, distant hills, oil on card, 16.5 x 18 cm

Canelinha, trees, houses, oil on card, 16.5 x 15.5 cm - unavailable

Canelinha, factory, oil on card, 16 x 16.5 cm  available

 Near São João Batista, settlement, oil on card, 16 x 18 cm  - available

São João Batista, view west, oil on card, 15 x 19 cm - unavailable

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A trip to Major Gercino

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Major Gercino: a garden seen from a bridge, oil on card, 18 x 16 cm- unavailable

Major Gercino, River Tijucas, oil on card, 19 x 16.5 cm - unavailable

Between Major Gercino and São João Batista, oil on card, 22 x 18.5 cm    AVAILABLE

 Between São João Batista and Canelinha, oil on card, 18 x 16 cm

Sometimes when I am in the interior I feel a terrible sense of lostness: the country could so easily just swallow me up in its immensity. 

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