Lupe Cunha

Lupe Cunha originates from Brazil from where her colours are inspired.

She started her artistic life over 40 years ago first in Chicago where she was inspired by the Abstract Expressionists and the frozen waters of Lake Michigan. Then, in Brazil, she was influenced by the colour work of Helio Oiticica and the mountains and sea of Rio. Finally settling in the UK in 1981, Lupe found that artists like John Piper, Peter Lanyon and John Hoyland added a new dimension to her work while our milder weather served to cool her colours down and added the contrast and expressive mark-making of her present style.

She now lives in Sudbury in Suffolk with her husband John who handles her marketing and her dog Benji.

Lupe's training

Formal

Fine art in Mundelein College, Chicago
Escola de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro
MA in Fine Arts from the University of Hertfordshire, England

Other

Lupe has recently had training from well-known teachers like Louise Fletcher, Nancy Hills and Nicholas Wilton

Lupe as a teacher

Lupe is a trained teacher.  She runs regular workshops where she teaches the principles of art creation and different approaches to applying these to the work of her individual students.  She also gives teaching to art groups.  She has lectured on colour.

She works hard to inspire her students and this works to inspire herself.  Several of her students now exhibit their wok in galleries, indeed staging exhibitions is part of the training that Lupe offers.