Double Take with Robin Nunes and Barbara Healy

Robin Nunes is a full time award-winning fine artist who lives and paints in South Dartmouth. She is a member of the Attleboro Art Museum, Southcoast Artists, Four Corners Gallery, and Westport Art Group. Robin is from Chesapeake, Virginia, where she would often visit the capturing canals and beautiful coastlines in her backyard. Her art journey began in the mangroves of Key West, and has migrated to the beautiful South Coastal region of Southern Massachusetts. Her love of Nature has brought her to the love of painting en plein air. Beaches and birds are her favorite subjects to paint.

Whether it’s painting seascapes or landscapes, her use of a palette knife adds a whimsical and playful approach to her art. She is currently represented by Norton Gallery, Padanaram, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA, Four Corners Gallery, Historical Tiverton, RI, and Spring Bull Gallery, Newport RI, Fakes and Forgeries Exhibit. Ms Nunes is a graduate from UMASS and in addition to being an artist, is the author of The Nunes Family Cookbook and had her first book signing at the Miami International Book Fair.

Barbara Healy is a contemporary artist working in oils and acrylics. A Connecticut native, Barbara fell in love with the South Coast, and her husband Shaun, while getting her BFA at UMASS Dartmouth and stayed. Her studio in Dartmouth, MA has been on the South Coast Artists Open Studio Tour for 13 years.  She is a board member of Westport Art Group, a Juried Artist Member of the Cape Cod Art Center, and also teaches painting. Her award-winning paintings are in Massachusetts and Rhode Island galleries and corporate collections including Bristol County Savings Bank in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.

“My paintings are inspired by the diverse colors of light in the beautiful coastal landscape where I live.  I frequently paint plein air, using all my senses to share my vision. Paintings capture that feeling of peace and joy that nature gives. I look for what is unique, to convey a sense of place. Although often evoked by a fleeting moment, I translate in paint to transcend time. Brushstrokes over glimpses of color intentionally reveal some of the painting process and layering enables me to create luminous color. Although I love oil paints on canvas, I am always experimenting.”