PAINTING & DRAWING FRANCE

LE CHAT NOIR GALLERY

CANAL NEAR, MARENNES, CHARANTE-MARITIME

SQUARE IN ROCHEFORT, CHARANTE-MARITIME

This web gallery has been created for the various pencil drawings, charcoal drawings, and acrylic paintings produced by Nick Muso over the years.

Most of the landscapes - whether drawings or acrylic paintings - shown on the website are set in France, apart from the charcoal drawings, which are based on a series of walks by the Thames.

There is also a section containing Rebecca's paintings and portraits with a contact email if you would like to discuss commissioning a portrait from her.

Lastly, there is a section containing MP3s of various music tracks written and recorded by Nick Muso.

If you are panning a vacation in the Charente-Maritime region of France, you can find prints of some of his works for sale at - 'Le Chat Noire...et ses amis' - gallery: see images to the right and details below.

LE CHAT NOIR...et ses amis.

• Location:           Poitou-Charentes
• Department:     17 Charente-Maritime
• Address:            2 Les Pacauds, 17350 Taillebourg.
• Telephone:        05 46 97 92 39
• Contact:             contact gallery

Owner's Description:

If you're looking for a gift or just to treat yourself, visit Le Chat Noir...et ses amis in Taillebourg. We have oil paintings, water colours and pencil drawings, studio jewellery, ceramics, textiles and greeting cards, all created by regional artists and artisans. If an original artwork is not in the budget, browse through our selection of of limited edition prints. For lovers of English pottery and porcelain there is an ever increasing choice of 'art-deco period items from England's well-known manufacturers.

We are open: Tuesday - Saturday 14.00 til 19.00, Sunday 15.00 til 17.00

If you would like to visit outside of these hours, please telephone in advance.

Charente-Maritime.

The Charente-Maritime department of France, located about half way down the western coast, is a popular tourist destination, and with good reason. The area benefits from a benign climate, and, while the coast is not blessed with the best beaches in France, with some sections of it dedicated to oyster farms, the medieval port of La Rochelle, and the Isle Ile-de-Ré are popular destinations and, for those looking for historical sites, the town of Rochefort is of some interest, having been a naval base since the seventeenth century.

Inland, the countryside has fields of sunflowers or maize, rivers such as the Seudre, Sèvre Niortaise, and Garonne, and, of course, the Charente, and its tributaries. Although generally rather flat, the countryside offers more than enough to delight not only tourists, but also an artist or landscape painter.