Sunrise over the Vilaine, a unique oil painting created partly on location in France.
81 x 51 cm (32″ x 20″), oils, this #painting available for sale, 475 £.
Lever de soleil sur la Vilaine.
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Sunrise over the Vilaine, detail 1
“#Sunrise through vapours”, river and marshes of the Vilaine”.
The Vilaine has an interesting story to tell.
The Vilaine translates in the old Breton language as ‘river of mills’ and the Vialine story is explained in the text following.
“Lever de soleil à travers les vapeurs, la rivière et mais du la Vilaine.”
Sunrise Through Vapours, a detail, Théhillac village.
The Vilaine in former years experienced mini tidal waves, tidal bores raced through the gorges and the Vilaine was liable to flood extensively so created extensive marsh lands.
The Romans built on an earlier settlement a garrisoned fortified town at Rieux, this being in part to discourage pirates.
The ruined chateaux at the village of Rieux is worth a vist and for a while was the capital of Brittany.
Sunrise over the Vilaine, detail 2
Sunrise Through Vapours, a detail (3).
The Vilaine is the longest river in southern Brittany.
The distant village is Théhillac (pronounced Tay’ack).
Sunrise Through Vapours, a detail (4).
The old port of Redon
At Redon the Vilaine is connected to Nantes, Brest and Saint Malo by an extensive canal system popular with yachtsmen, boaters, cyclists and hikers.
There is an impressive tidal barrage built at Arzal of large dimensions (85 by 13m), allowing big yachts and passenger boats to navigate up the river to Redon.
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