One final work by monsieur.ivan before he heads off to the Fête de la Sardine on the southern coast of Brittany today. Not sure if this portrait is of a grizzled fisherman on holiday or of artist monsieur.ivan himself.
More sardine art by monsieur.ivan.
Numerous port towns on Europe’s Atlantic coast hold an annual Sardine Festival in July and August, with a large concentration of such events in France in southern Brittany and just south of the Loire.
Nantes artist Ivan Leroux, aka monsieur.ivan, has been preparing a series of works inspired by Sardine Festivals just north of the estuary of the Loire (technically in the Western Loire region but is culturally in Brittany): La Baule, La Turballe, etc.
With permission, here is the first in a series of Sardine Festival art to be presented on this page by monsieur.ivan:
