Mado le Niçois | Framed Art Print

Mado le Niçois is a colourful Nice, France framed art print inspired by the seagulls, fish market and vibrant streets of Vieux Nice. Set in the heart of Old Town Nice, the artwork combines Mediterranean blue, bright red, warm ochre, pistachio green and crisp white with striped awnings, colourful storefronts and sunlit façades, while one of the city’s larger-than-life seagulls takes centre stage.

Inspired by early morning runs along the Promenade des Anglais and walks through Vieux Nice, the artwork captures the colour, character and humour of everyday life on the French Riviera. Bold graphic forms and saturated Mediterranean colours transform a familiar Nice street scene into contemporary framed wall art—a playful portrait of the Côte d’Azur and the South of France.

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Inspirations

Inspired by everyday life in Vieux Nice, Mado le Niçois celebrates the colour, character and slightly chaotic energy of Old Town Nice. Striped awnings, weathered façades, the fish market, narrow streets and bright Mediterranean light provide the backdrop, but the real inspiration is the enormous seagulls that seem to preside over it all.

Loud, fearless, opportunistic and full of attitude, they have become part of the personality of Nice for me. Mado is both a portrait of one of these larger-than-life local birds and a playful tribute to the humour, colour and character of life on the French Riviera.

Inspired by everyday life in Vieux Nice, Mado le Niçois celebrates the colour, character and slightly chaotic energy of Old Town Nice. Striped awnings, weathered façades, the fish market, narrow streets and bright Mediterranean light provide the backdrop, but the real inspiration is the enormous seagulls that seem to preside over it all.

Loud, fearless, opportunistic and full of attitude, they have become part of the personality of Nice for me. Mado is both a portrait of one of these larger-than-life local birds and a playful tribute to the humour, colour and character of life on the French Riviera.

Matériaux et caractéristiques

Reproduced from my original mixed media painting of acrylic and collage on canvas.

Printed on high-quality semi-gloss paper with a silky finish and subtle shine that enhances the artwork’s colours.

Paper weight: 170 gsm (65 lb).

Paper thickness: 0.19 mm (7.5 mils).

Professionally framed in durable pine wood, available in black, white, natural and dark brown.

Frame profile: 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98") thick and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6") wide.

Protected with lightweight, shatterproof plexiglass.

Includes a hanging kit and arrives ready to hang.

Printed on FSC-certified or equivalent paper sourced from responsibly managed forests.

Available in 15 sizes, in inches for the US & Canada and centimetres for the rest of the world.

Reproduced from my original mixed media painting of acrylic and collage on canvas.

Printed on high-quality semi-gloss paper with a silky finish and subtle shine that enhances the artwork’s colours.

Paper weight: 170 gsm (65 lb).

Paper thickness: 0.19 mm (7.5 mils).

Professionally framed in durable pine wood, available in black, white, natural and dark brown.

Frame profile: 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98") thick and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6") wide.

Protected with lightweight, shatterproof plexiglass.

Includes a hanging kit and arrives ready to hang.

Printed on FSC-certified or equivalent paper sourced from responsibly managed forests.

Available in 15 sizes, in inches for the US & Canada and centimetres for the rest of the world.

Processus créatif

Mado le Niçois began with observation—walking and early morning runs through Vieux Nice, taking photographs, sketching and collecting details that caught my eye: colourful storefronts, striped awnings, weathered façades, fish stalls, shadows and, of course, the ever-present seagulls.

Rather than reproducing a single photograph, I combined elements from different moments and viewpoints, taking the parts I found most interesting and inventing a new composition. I wanted to make the seagull the star—to capture not just the bird itself, but the attitude and larger-than-life presence these local characters have in Nice. After working through the composition in sketches, I drew it directly onto canvas and built the original artwork in layers of acrylic paint, simplifying shapes, intensifying colours and playing with light and shadow.

Mado le Niçois began with observation—walking and early morning runs through Vieux Nice, taking photographs, sketching and collecting details that caught my eye: colourful storefronts, striped awnings, weathered façades, fish stalls, shadows and, of course, the ever-present seagulls.

Rather than reproducing a single photograph, I combined elements from different moments and viewpoints, taking the parts I found most interesting and inventing a new composition. I wanted to make the seagull the star—to capture not just the bird itself, but the attitude and larger-than-life presence these local characters have in Nice. After working through the composition in sketches, I drew it directly onto canvas and built the original artwork in layers of acrylic paint, simplifying shapes, intensifying colours and playing with light and shadow.