The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
In 1806 Horatio Nelson on this day was laid to rest during one of the most spectacular British of funerals of all time. Nelson was a patriot, a man of wide experience, well read, devoted to his career, who had served as an ordinary seaman on merchant ships and as an Admiral of His Britannic … Read more
HMS Pickle and a NEW surprise for you, NEW, now 98% complete, provisionally entitled ‘HMS Pickle off Falmouth’, 62 x 48 cm (24 3/5″ x 19″). So very new this painting is not yet on my website or priced; however lets say, no reasonable offer will be refused. HMS Pickle off Falmouth, the historic Trafalgar … Read more
Trafalgar news on this Monday, 4th November and a NEW and original painting nearing completion, with for its subject news of one of the major events of the century arriving off Pendennis Castle’, Falmouth, bound for London, Admiralty House and the King. This NEW painting measuring 48 x 62 cm (19″ x 24″) will soon … Read more
Trafalgar First Shots, this painting is based upon the reports of French officers. Example, ” at a quarter past noon they were within gunshot”, Captain Magendie of the flagship Bucentaure. One of the 17 Nelson and Trafalgar series, as yet never exhibited in public of a gallery. This ‘First Shots’ measures 122 x 76 cm … Read more
Form Line of Battle, 11.00, Monday, 21st October, 1805, Nelson’s Column. Form Line of Battle, Nelson was a man who lead from the front hence this impressive sight, a maritime painting with HMS Victory leading her division. This painting is based upon the ship’s logs, diaries, letters and the Admiralty Committee Report on Trafalgar for … Read more
Trafalgar Dawn, Monday, 21st October, 06.05, this unique and awesome painting places YOU with the men on board H.M.S. Victory, Nelson’s flagship. You are seeing what the men described, you are seeing the “Trafalgar Dawn”. ““Trafalgar Dawn” measures, 122 x 30 cm (48″ x 12”) and is long since sold however, this painting is available … Read more
Trafalgar Dawn, Monday, 21st October 1805 at approximately 06.15 , Trafalgar Dawn, the French Perspective. You are seeing what the men on the French flagship Beaucenture described, the British fleet of Lord Nelson off Cape Trafalgar. The website url is https://frickers.co.uk/…/trafalgar-dawn-the-french…/ The research for this definitive painting took 10 years to complete during which I … Read more
Leadership, have you tried comparing Horatio Nelson with the monsters who lead Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-q etc. ‘Nelson at Gibraltar’ shows you a significant moment missed by most historians. An adventure began where we see his leadership revealed https://frickers.co.uk/art/marine-and-maritime-paintings/nelson-and-trafalgar/ This painting is one of the 17 in my ‘Nelson & Trafalgar’ series, many showing less … Read more