The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
Wellie Walkies & boats, all roads North to Redon, flooded. This is today’s most frequently seen road sign. Extensive flooding in Morbihan department… this inclides Théhillac. From Théhillac, the only viable route into Morbihan is via La Roche-Bernard… ‘Wellie Boot’ walkies, Théhillac sea front rediscovered and at times up to my boots ‘Plymsol Lines’. … Read more
Happy New year to YOU ! From ‘The Six legged Elephant’ and me, wishing all the world a brill new year’s eve especially my friends and all of you who enjoy, follow and choose my art works 🥳🎈🎉🎈😄⚓
Trafalgar, HMS Victory Breaking the Line. The most famous key moment during the battle of Trafalgar. Commissioned for a new video about Nelson and for the home of the distinguished naval historiographer Drachinifel. There are very numerous misunderstandings about this key Trafalgar moment, my research has been very extensive, often looking into records untouched for … Read more
Nelson, the anniversary of his most famous battle and heroic death off Cape Trafalgar, approaches. Few dispute Nelson earned his place as one of the great British heroes. Less known, as an adolescent Nelson served as an ordinary seaman among ‘ordinary’ men on merchants ships sailing “before the mast’ meaning not as an officer or … Read more
Pirate and galleon concept sketch. Pirate and the galleon, pirate or privateer, either way he is about to become very, very rich. A quick ‘working’ sketch as the beginning of a design for a new painting, regularly follow this page to be first to see what happens
Saint Emilion paintings, a series of paintings of which most are created on location. Legendary, fabulous, memorable, Saint Emilion the First name in red wines, painted at sunset. Here is a detail I’ve been working on because soon we will be telling a story and celebrating some good news about the painting. This splendid Saint … Read more
