Macanuda

Art is part of my being
My being is part of my art

My name is Rita Surgey but I usually use my pen name Macanuda.
According to my online dictionary Macanudo/a is: “English: mega - smashing - tiptop - whizzbang - excellent”, not because I think I am but because that is what I aspire to with my art.
I was born and brought up in Montevideo, Uruguay and went to school in Argentina. Lucky enough to have a great art teacher at school I excelled at art. My ambition was to go to art school. Fortunately, my father said I ´wouldn’t earn enough to buy toothpaste´. Although toothpaste was not my ambition, I thank my father for not allowing me to ´study´ art. It works best if you just do it – with or without toothpaste. I have never lacked toothpaste and now I have the confidence to believe my art is worth much more than I will ever need.
My pictures are abstract studies of what I see and feel.
I use acrylics, pen and ink, mixed media, photography, murals, more exploration and adventure to come. The feel, shape, colours and movement of the sea, sky, trees, flowers, small details of life, all beg me to paint or draw them when I allow myself to see them and be drawn into their nature.
I hope my art touches your being.

2023 sees me turning to watercolour and smaller formats.
Onwards and Upwards

Contact me
macanuda.art@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/MacanudaArtist/


Portfolio:

Flowers, plants, trees

Acrylic paintings of flowers, plants or trees

3 leaves “3 leaves”

Limited Edition print

Little Tree “Little Tree”

Acrylics and collage on canvas
50x065 cms
Original and limited edition print

Bosque “Bosque”

Acrylics on board
30 x 60 cms
Original and limited editioin print

Daffodils I “Daffodils I”

Limited edition print

Daffodils II “Daffodils II”

Acrylics on paper
34 x 26 cms
Original and Limited Edition print

Felicidad Nao Tem Fim “Felicidad Nao Tem Fim”

Mixed Media on board
74 x 120 cms
Original and limited edition print

Pansies “Pansies”

Acrylics on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Rosaleda “Rosaleda”

Mixed media on board
90 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Midday Pines “Midday Pines”

Acrylics on board
40 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Morning Pines “Morning Pines”

Acrylics on board
40 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Evening Pines “Evening Pines”

Acrylics on canvas
80 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Stralizia “Stralizia”

MIxed media on board
58.5 x 94.5 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sunflowers “Sunflowers”

Limited edition print

Sunflowers I “Sunflowers I”

Acrylics on board
95 x 55 cms
Original and limited edition print

Tristeza Tem Fim “Tristeza Tem Fim”

Acrylics on board
74 x 120 cms
Original and limited edition print

Fruit “Fruit”

Acrylics on paper
25 x 36 cms
Original and limited edition print

Abstracts

02512 M “02512 M”

Mixed media on boars
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

020512 PP “020512 PP”

Mixed media on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

050212V “050212V”

Limited edition print

110114 “110114”

Acrylics on board
60 x 41 cms
Original and limited edition print

Adventure “Adventure”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 65 cms
Original and limited edition print

Arctic “Arctic”

Acrylics on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

Atlantic “Atlantic”

Limited edition print

August “August”

Acrylics on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

B072013 “B072013”

Limited edition print

Bailaora “Bailaora”

Acrylics on board
40 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Birth “Birth”

Acrylics on board
42 x 25 cms
Original and limited edition print

BluRay2 “BluRay2”

Acrylics on board
30x0x60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Bosque “Bosque”

Acrylics on board
30 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Courage “Courage”

Limited edition print

Cruel Sea “Cruel Sea”

Acrylics on board
60 x 45 cms
Original and limited edition print

Degluptas “Degluptas”

Acrylics on board
94.5 x 117 cms
Original and limited edition print

Despiole “Despiole”

Acrylics on board
125 x 95 cms
Original and limited edition print

Early morning light “Early morning light”

Limited edition print

Education “Education”

Limited edition print

Enthusiasm “Enthusiasm”

Mixed media on board
59.5 x 59.5 cms
Original and limited edition print

Fusion “Fusion”

Limited edition print

G112013 “G112013”

Acrylics on board
60 x 58 cms
Original and limited edition print

Humour “Humour”

Limited edition print

Hurricane Floyd “Hurricane Floyd”

Limited edition print

La Mezquita “La Mezquita”

Acrylics on board
94 x 117 cms
Original and limited edition print

Llum “Llum”

Acrylics on board
37 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Look “Look”

Mixed media on board
60 x 90 cms
Original and limited edition print

Mandala I “Mandala I”

Acrylics on board
60 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Miasma “Miasma”

Acrylics on board
90 x 60 cms
Limited edition print

Mutilated “Mutilated”

Limited edition print

Naturalmente “Naturalmente”

Limited edition print

NorthWest Passage “NorthWest Passage”

Limited edition print

NZ “NZ”

Actylics on board
59 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

October “October”

Mixed media on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

Ojo K no V “Ojo K no V”

Mixed media on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

Opus I “Opus I”

Acrylics on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Opus II “Opus II”

Acrylics on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Opus III “Opus III”

Acrylics on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Opus IV “Opus IV”

Acrylics on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

P072013 “P072013”

Limited edition print

Pampas “Pampas”

Acrylics on board
90 x 60 cms
Original and limited editon print

Parque “Parque”

Limited edition print

Parque Mayeto “Parque Mayeto”

Mixed media on board
120 x 74 cms
Original and limited edition print

Purple Rain “Purple Rain”

Acrylics on board
90 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Raindrops “Raindrops”

Limited edition print

Red C “Red C”

Limitd edition print

Rosaleda “Rosaleda”

Acrylics on board
90 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Rush Hour “Rush Hour”

Acrylics on board
60 x 90 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sailing School Raining “Sailing School Raining”

Mixed media on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sea and sand “Sea and sand”

Ñimited edition print

Shining Water “Shining Water”

Mixed media on board

Original and limited edition print

Snail trail “Snail trail”

Mixed media on board - framed
50 x 35 cms
Original and limited edition print

Spanish “Spanish”

Acrylics on paper
48 x 53 cms
Original and limited edition print

Spontaneity “Spontaneity”

Acrylics on paper
37 x 60 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sunspot “Sunspot”

Limited edition print

Tension “Tension”

Limited edition print

The Pond “The Pond”

Limited edition print

The Street Where You Live “The Street Where You Live”

Acrylics on board
60 x 30cms
Original and limited edition print

Togetherness “Togetherness”

Actylics on board
37 x 31 cms
Original and limited edition print

Transformation “Transformation”

Mixed media on board
64 x 31 cms
Original and limited edition print

Untitled “Untitled”

Acrylics on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Waiting “Waiting”

Limited edition print

Waterways “Waterways”

Mixed media on paper
62 x 47 cms
Original and limited edition print

Window pattern “Window pattern”

Limited edition print

Enlightened “Enlightened”

Acrylics on board
40 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

April 2017 “April 2017”

Acrylics on cloth covered board
30.5 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition prints

April 2017 b “April 2017 b”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

April 2017 c “April 2017 c”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Birth 0417 “Birth 0417”

Acrylics on paper
26 x 42 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Swimming pool “Swimming pool”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Synthesis 0417 “Synthesis 0417”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Untitled 0417 “Untitled 0417”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Untitled 0417 b “Untitled 0417 b”

Acrylics on paper
42 x 26 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Brotherhood 0417 “Brotherhood 0417”

Acrylics on paper
26 x 42 cms
Original and limited edition prints

Beginning Group

This started life as 4 paintings in red and yellow on boards of various sizes, for an exhibition. However I had painted two of these on the reverse of a mixed media collage which I had cut into two.
Several people preferred the group as a mixture of the red and yellow paintings and the reverse side showing the cut down collage picture - so it is now a group of six which can be shown as four of the six images!

Beginning group arrangement “Beginning group arrangement”

This started life as 4 paintings in red and yellow on boards of various sizes, for an exhibition. However I had painted two of these on the reverse of a mixed media collage which I had cut into two.
Several people preferred the group as a mixture of the red and yellow paintings and the reverse side showing the cut down collage picture - so it is now a group of six which can be shown as four of the six images!
This is the chosen arrangement with me and a friend who chose it.

At the Beginning “At the Beginning”

Acrylics on board
99 x 28 cms
3rd of 6 in group
Original and limited edition print

The Beginning “The Beginning”

Acrylics on board
94.5 x 58.5 cms
2nd of 6 images
Original and limited edition print

In the Beginning “In the Beginning”

Acrylics on board
120 x 18.5 cms
1st of 6 in group
Original and limited edition print

Begin “Begin”

Acrylics on board
98.5 x 61 cms
4th of 6 in group
Original and limited edition print

At the Beginning V2 “At the Beginning V2”

Mixed mediaon board
9' x 28 cms
3rd of 6 in group
Original and limited edition print

Begin V2 “Begin V2”

Mixed media on board
98.5 x 61 cms
1st of 6 in group
Original and limited edition print

The Wave

Tryptique of a breaking wave

Wave 1 “Wave 1”

Limited edition print

Wave 2 “Wave 2”

Limited edition print

Wave 3 “Wave 3”

Limited edition print

The Sea

Atlantic “Atlantic”

Limited edition print

Cruel Sea “Cruel Sea”

Acrylics on paper
60 x 45 cms
Original and limited edition print

Marea “Marea”

Acrylics on board
92 x 64 cms
Original and limited edition print

Marea 2 “Marea 2”

Acrylics on board
95.5 x 58.5 cms
Original and limited edition print

Marea 3 “Marea 3”

Acrylics on board
120 x 74 cms
Original and limited edition print

Marea 4 “Marea 4”

Acrylics on board
120 x 74 cms
Original and limited edition print

Mar Menor “Mar Menor”

Acrylics on board
120 x 74 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sailing School Raining “Sailing School Raining”

Mixed media on paper
65 x 50 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sea and sand “Sea and sand”

Limited edition print

Shining Water “Shining Water”

Mixed media on board
60 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

Wave 1 “Wave 1”

Limited edition print

Wave 2 “Wave 2”

Limited edition print

Wave 3 “Wave 3”

Limited edition print

Drawings

Figure blocks “Figure blocks”

Limited edition print

Figure in green “Figure in green”

Limited edition print

Forgiving “Forgiving”

Limited edition print

Iris “Iris”

Pen and ink
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Iris 2 “Iris 2”

Limited edition print

Irises “Irises”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Patience “Patience”

Limited edition print

Rose and Bud “Rose and Bud”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Spikey “Spikey”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Spikey flowers “Spikey flowers”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Two Roses “Two Roses”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

Weeping Willow “Weeping Willow”

Pen and ink on paper
21 x 29 cms
Original and limited edition print

FR leaning on left hand “FR leaning on left hand”

Limited edition print

Figure Standing Blue “Figure Standing Blue”

Limited edition print

Sunsets

Free “Free”

Acrylics on board
125 x 95 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sunset 0104 “Sunset 0104”

Scrylics on cloth covered board
59 x 40 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sunset 1 “Sunset 1”

Acrylics on board
95 x 55 cms
Original and limited edition print

Sunset “Sunset”

Limited edition print

Waitemata “Waitemata”

Acrylics on board
58 x 91.5 cms
Original and limited edition print

Miscellaneous

Pictures I haven't been able to put in other categories

La Mezquita “La Mezquita”

Acrylics on board
94 x 117 cms
Original and limited edition print

Marinas “Marinas”

Limited edition print

Apples on a plate “Apples on a plate”

Limited edition print

Fruit “Fruit”

Acrylics on paper
25 x 36 cms
Original and limited edition print

Arco de Regla “Arco de Regla”

Acrylics on board
45 x 73.5 cms
Original and limited edition print

Fuente “Fuente”

Limited edition print

Old Man “Old Man”

Acrylics on cloth covered board
30.5 x 40 cms
Original and lilmited edition prints