The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
Merchant Navy Day The Second World War started on this day in 1939. This is precisely why the HM Government established ‘Merchant Navy Day’ in 2000 on this anniversary as a national call for all to remember the pivotal role our merchant seafarers play within society. The bravery and sacrifice of our British merchant seamen … Read more
New Paintings, I’m reluctant to show what I’m working on at present and recently. 🫣 This new painting, photo courtesy of my friend Ellen Rose Senor, is complicated, will be rich in detail and may well become famous.😇 At present, the progress is not impressive so I won’t show you, soon though .🫥 Among other … Read more
Cat called, an uninvited visitor and very, cute, persistent. Normally I like to be a good host; I make few exceptions. He / she was apparently determined to make my house his/ her new home. I was less keen, particularly when this young cat demonstrated an enthusiasm for clawing my furniture and salon rug. Cat … Read more
Teaching painting, Marine Paintings secrets exposed, number 4 in this series. You can discover much by comparing the progress, the changes here and with my earlier posts 😊 and in more detail here on my blog posts, note well, this series is on https://artfrickers.com/blog.😃 Teaching painting, I’m sometimes asked about teaching painting🤨. This is a … Read more
A pleasant evening in La Roche-Bernard . I work as hard as I can so sometimes get to feel ‘wall crazy’ so the need for a change of scene, for adventure. Tomorrow, I have an invitation to a picnic before a fete with live music in La Roche-Bernard. I intend to accept, like to join … Read more
Zeven Provinciën a painting the pride of the Dutch navy, & a story recalled. An adventure remembered, two visits to the Batavia Wherf ( Lelystad ), The Netherlands, while preparing for 2 paintings of the flagship Zeven Provinciën (circa 1674) for a Dutch client 🇧🇶. Pictured below with the master shipwright of the yard, William … Read more
BBQ ? BBQ for dinner here, as an overdue thank you for their hospitality and gourmet foods, friends of mine, a couple, one French the other Russian, from La Roche-Bernard proposed a BBQ which seemed like a good idea. Despite my protestations they insisted on arriving with enough food for six. Upon arrival they promptly … Read more
wash car/rain ⛈ I gave my aged car a very overdue wash, headlight restore, wax n polish🙂. Now we have heavy rain with full sound & lightening effects ⛈. Washing my car, this works almost every time, wash car/rain ⛈. It works better than any rain dance I’ve tried🙃😄⚓
BalaBala, bistro and Bar in Redon, produced another winner last Friday. Amelik treated us to an hour of rare music, singing in French, Breton, Turkish and Kabyle Kabyle? By the way, the Kabayle tribe/people are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to ‘Kabylia’ in the north of Algeria. The Kabyle way pre date the arrival of … Read more
Carcassonne, a newly completed painting of the most famous monument between Monte Carlo and Bordeaux. Carcassonne painting 76 x 121 cm (30″ x 48″), 5,275 £ Carcassonne with a sunrise over the Black Mountains. Carcassonne is a legendary almost fairy tale city set among vines, pines, herbs and wild flowers in the beautiful Aude … Read more