The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
NEW painting, Saint Emilion, Vines, added to my Bordeaux, “Famous Wine Villages Collection“ Petite cité de caractère, 59 x 90 cm (23 1/4” x 35 1/2”), oils, available, £1900.00 by Gordon Frickers, (ex studio ex frame). Looking for the best investments in landscapes? You have found it here. About this Painting: While exploring inside this absorbing petite cité de caractère, I also … Read more
Splendid weather here all last week so I’ve been preparing canvas for more paintings if the “Famous Wine villages of Bordeaux series”. What am I doing today? First prize, an invitation to go sailing.
The Pyrenees, (not all of them), so sorry, you can’t have this one, measuring 200 x 46 cm, (6′ 7″ x 1′ 6″) oils on specially prepared canvas board. Newly added to my ‘Sunset’ series be dazzled by page https://artfrickers.com/s-w-france/sunset-series/ “Dear Gordon, Thank you from us both for the most beautiful painting which has come into our … Read more
An afternoon in the sun preparing materials for new ‘Wine Villages of Bordeaux’ paintings. Each board is carefully prepared, cut sanded, trimmed, treated the a scrim glued on. Boards are more durable than plain canvas, less fragile, and have other virtues. The scrim will painted first with Gesso, which together provides a good ‘tooth’ for the … Read more
Albi, 37.5 C (99.5 F) here yesterday in the Tarn according to my car, une canicule. A day in and around nearby beautiful, gourmet, Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage city. The ‘Old Quarter’ near the cathedral is particularly noted for its restaurants and fine cloths and jewellery shops. Albi has a surprising connection with … Read more
The Queen’s Wine; “du vignoble de Gaillac”, at Domaine de la Chanade.
A chance invitation, a new friend and the Queen’s wine.
A chance encounter in Intermarche, Gaillac, the first day I arrived here in the Tarn, well actually one of 4, the other 3 were all people who remembered me, touched my heart, pleased to see I’d returned.
The chateau, besides fine wines and beautiful gardens for you to enjoy, has a light airy exhibition space. Tomorrow I have an appointment with the owner of chateau de Saurs who’s company I always enjoy. We may go sketching together some time soon if it’s not to hot. Later, several other domain owners during the … Read more
Spoilt for choice, it’s Party season here with a capital ‘P’, ‘Les Fetes’ in the beautiful Tarn, every village, town and hamlet offers ‘la Fete’, you really are spoilt for choice.
Last night I chose the Quai Saint Jacques at Gaillac, a lovely spot I know well.
I’ve painted there several times, most notably the meticulously researched historic reconstruction “Port of Gaillac 1863” and have several as yet unborn ideas in mind to two new gaillac paintings.
What ever, a beautiful ambience prevailed while most of the musique this year, and good it was too, was Arab/French and Afro-Caribbean.
Sunrise today and a surprise… balloons and birds, I wasn’t the only one up early.
Who likes balloons? Everyone ? I think any and all balloons are good news !
Balloons can mean ‘party’ balloons pretty, tactile, exciting and fun.
I’ve always wanted to learn to fly; my odd colour vision made that impossible when I was an adolescent living near Biggin Hill aerodrome.
It’s been a real pleasure to share a few days together.
08.00 today and my very good friends Michael and Linda Baker were under way, bound for Plymouth, England.
Their plan, a relaxed two day drive stopping at places like Saint Emilion.