Chateau du Moulin , copyrighted 2009
Watercolor 6x8 sold

Another castle, this Medieval one is in the Sologne region where my family come from, it's a private castle , open to the public at times , this is the entrance from the moat, the main part has a lot of towers , beautiful architecture and beautiful grounds .
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Le chateau de Chenonceaux , copyrighted 2009
watercolor 5x7 sold

I was raised in the Loire valley where all the Castles are located , I grew up visiting all of them a few times a year , if not with my family, it was the school trips for cultural exposure , I was not crazy about them then , they used to smell old and mildew, heavy wax, but when you are a kid you don't appreciate the beauty and history they all had , we had so many I was not that impressed , one of my uncle was even a Inn keeper of one , our first year of married life was a three room apartment in the second floor of one . We left France to come to the US ,and when I returned to France a few years later, they looked so different , and I fell in love again with the rich history and architecture of my own backyard . So When my children were small we visited the castles again and again also , this one was a favorite of them ,because they was an Animal zoo in the gardens .
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Chateau de Sully
It is taking me time to get back to my routine after my trip. Today I did paint my Daily Painting of this castle, located very near to where I grew up , actually castles are everywhere, when you live in the Loire Valley! I really didn't like them because we would visit them so often with school trips , family outings etc.. it got to be boring and they would smell , of course I didn't realised I was so lucky, as a child you never appreciate the things that are around you. This particular castle is next to the bridge that crosses the Loire river in the town of Sully . One of my relatives used to work there as a care taker and lived in the front tower .
Chateau de Sully , oil 6x6 $100 , Email if interested, nlcasey@charter.net