The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
Garden Party Brittany Style Our energetic and charming working hostess Odile generously made her garden party open to all her friends, their friends and residents of the village. Comment organiser une garden-party à la bretonne : Odile, notre hôtesse dynamique et charmante, a généreusement ouvert sa garden-party à tous ses amis, à leurs amis et … Read more
Heatwave, vague de chaleur. A unique painting, on the reverse of this painting is inscribed, painted in 38 C (100,4 F) 🌞; now there’s dedication ?😀. Au dos de ce tableau figure l’inscription suivante, peinte en 38 C (100.4 F)☀️. The theme is the picturesque ‘Vineyards of Fort Dubos’ in the commune of Sauternes. Le … Read more
Coping with a heatwave: Faire face à une vague de chaleurToday at mid day we have 35C (90F) in the shade with over 40 (104F) likely by 18.00. 🌞 Aujourd’hui, à midi, il fait 35 °C (90F) à l’ombre et on devrait dépasser les 40 °C (104F) vers 18 h.. On this day 5 … Read more
Mud mud, glorious mud sang Flanders and Swan . 😶 Turning my car on the lawn, not a good idea…? The Snowdrops in my garden apparently relish this weather 🥰. Difficult light for painting. We have wild n windy here with my barometer reading an unusually low 983. Fortunately it’s rising, unfortunately we have flood … Read more
At the risk of being overly optimistic, the connection here seems to be re-established, now via optic fibre.
A snowy, frosty suggestive sunny afternoon. A stroll around ‘my’ village of Théhillac reveals very little traffic. Many of the villagers consider themselves ‘snowed in’ today 🌨️❄️🌨️😳. Does this suggest there will be a baby boom in 9 months time and good news for the village school? 🥹😄😄😄⚓
Carcassonne is new in effect and one of my more significant paintings ‘weighting in at’ 76 x 121 cm (30″ x 48″) and is offered for a modest 3,275 £. I’ve been busy with new ideas atmospheric, poetic, romantic, and a lot more hours lavished on this now even richer painting. Carcassonne, a painting, one … Read more
‘Carcassonne Morning, a much enlarged detail’ from this splendid 122 x 76 (48″ x 30″) painting, soon to be available. Carcassonne is without doubt the most famous monument between Monte Carlo and Bordeaux so very well worth a visit. Travellers tip, the restaurants in the place central are great value and buzz with atmosphere, enjoy … Read more
First of September painting of The Promenade (3). A newly revised and edited painting inspired a few years past, as summer ebbs into autumn, a painting with emotions as old and mysterious as time. This 61 x 91 cm (24″ x 36″) is available and is a timeless painting that holds a different conversation with … Read more
At La Roche Bernard the concert began quietly, Obscur Foulage presented by the Pisse Mémé. Little did we know how this was to go! A song celebrating the joys of industrial chemicals, the sort that are not good in our environment and less so in us. Obscur Feuillage delivered with great enthusiasm and gusto the … Read more