Welcome to my art home

Christ, the redeemer surounded by blue clouds

Hello, my dear art friends,

Welcome to my art blog. My name is Fabio Sombra and I am a Brazilian artist. I started painting in 1990 and during the last 26 years I produced hundreds of landscapes and scenes of Rio de Janeiro - the city in which I was born and still live - as well as other remarkable places. 

As the majority of the so called Naive artists, I am self taught and developed my personal style along the years. My paintings can be found in several private collections around the world as well as in many art museums, such as the Musée International d'art naif Anatole Jakovsky in Nice, France, the International Museum of Naive Art Charlotte Zander in Bonnigheim, Germany, the MIAN - International Museum of Naive Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Since 2004 I became also an author and illustrator of books for children and young adults. I had 42 books published, many of them illustrated with my works. However, I never stopped to paint my city and my country with the colorful images I share here with you. 

Welcome to my art home. Take a seat and enjoy the paintings with a hot cup of Brazilian coffee!