Painting demonstration by Gilles Couta
Thursday 28 August 2025
18:00 to 19:00
Presentation
Come and watch the creation of a work of art, with commentary by the watercolour artist. Free admission.
Gilles COUTAL is a naturalist watercolour painter, enamoured of these semi-rural landscapes, which he criss-crosses with his dog and his palette, between the Tarn and the Aveyron. A painter-poet of water, watercolour is for him a spontaneous, magical means of rendering all the atmospheric tensions that characterise these high plateaux subject to snow and wind. "The marriage of water and pigment is so bewitching and creative that it generates an enduring fascination. Watercolour! Paper, pigment, water! Water is synonymous with transparency. This element, which brings excitement, exaltation and sometimes fear to the watercolourist, creates a magic that is unparalleled in its spontaneity. Water, sometimes tamed, sometimes tame, but rarely domesticated. One word: respect.
A watercolourist who has been renowned throughout the south of France for many years, Gilles Coutal's talent has been recognised on a national level, hence his admission to the French Watercolour Society, a benchmark among watercolourists that opens up new horizons for him, and his presence at a number of major exhibitions. You will be able to see her work on display in September, in the enchanting setting of the chapel of Saint-Marc de Kervalet.
Gilles COUTAL is a naturalist watercolour painter, enamoured of these semi-rural landscapes, which he criss-crosses with his dog and his palette, between the Tarn and the Aveyron. A painter-poet of water, watercolour is for him a spontaneous, magical means of rendering all the atmospheric tensions that characterise these high plateaux subject to snow and wind. "The marriage of water and pigment is so bewitching and creative that it generates an enduring fascination. Watercolour! Paper, pigment, water! Water is synonymous with transparency. This element, which brings excitement, exaltation and sometimes fear to the watercolourist, creates a magic that is unparalleled in its spontaneity. Water, sometimes tamed, sometimes tame, but rarely domesticated. One word: respect.
A watercolourist who has been renowned throughout the south of France for many years, Gilles Coutal's talent has been recognised on a national level, hence his admission to the French Watercolour Society, a benchmark among watercolourists that opens up new horizons for him, and his presence at a number of major exhibitions. You will be able to see her work on display in September, in the enchanting setting of the chapel of Saint-Marc de Kervalet.
Informations
Mairie de Batz-sur-Mer
Location
Espace Jean Fréour
7 rue de la Plage (face Petit Bois)
44740
BATZ SUR MER
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Services and facilities
- Type of Event :
- Démonstration
- Theme of the Event/Visit/Activity :
- Art (paintings, sculptures...)
- Culture
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Espace Jean Fréour
7 rue de la Plage (face Petit Bois)
44740
BATZ SUR MER
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 47.27634
Longitude : -2.48152