Lupe Cunha is an abstract artist who 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 was trained in fine art at Mundelein College in Chicago. On returning to her native Brazil, she continued her studies at the Escola de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro. Then, when she moved to England, she took an MA in Fine Arts from the University of Hertfordshire, England. She contiues to receive training from well-known teachers like Louise Fletcher, Nancy Hills and Nicholas Wilton.

She has a studio at Cuckoo Farm in Colchester and lives in Sudbury in Suffolk.