Sunset in Colonia - Uruguay

Serie: Sea Spirit

Technique: Acrylic on canvas

Size: 50 x 60 cm

Year: 2025

Inspired by a photograph by Roxana Haas

Colonia del Sacramento, known locally as Colonia, is the capital of the department of Colonia, in southwestern Uruguay.
Between January 20 and 28, 1680, Manuel Lobo founded the Nova Colônia do Santíssimo Sacramento, which was the first European settlement and the first and oldest city in what is now Uruguay.
I was inspired by two photos taken by Dr. Roxana Haas on the waterfront of the city of Colonia to paint this picture, dedicated to her in honor of her luminous spirit, full of energy, generosity and kindness.