A Facebook friend, a new one, the very talented Senor Vaccaro asked about “the dream painting of “The Golden Age” “?
A very good question.
” Is there anything remarkable about the location? It is a beautiful piece!”

Newly posted today, Vallee of the Vere was painted about 5 years ago from a ‘plien aire’ study. This large fine art work measures 76 x 1202 cms (30” x 40”), oils, by Gordon Frickers, for exhibition and available, ex studio. You will find detailed images on the web site page, enjoy.
‘The Picturesque Wine Villages of Bordeaux’ series.”Bourg Regatta”. This now completed landscape painting or is it a marine painting…? measuring 53 x 81 cms (21” x 32”), oils is now available for exhibition and a good home. My intention was to keep the scene as simple and powerful as possible, atmosphere and emotion before detail … Read more
Newly posted on this web site, “Sauternes Picnic”, I have included a little about the painting and location. I hope one day you get to Sauternes for more than one picnic.
A new painting, a development from earlier art work, for the remarkable ” Picturesque Wine Villages of Bordeaux” series, a unique introduction to the region, enjoy. You could acquire or commission a painting like this. You can purchase via our ‘Payments‘ page using Paypal or bank to bank By arrangement payments can be in instalments. … Read more
Chateau les Tonnelles, I have just edited the texts and written a description of the how the picture evolved, the magic employed. If you have ever wondered how to commission a painting, you will find valuable clues in the article as well as insights into how a ‘full’ on spot on painting is created. see … Read more
A painting once started, the pictures it reveals have a habit of turning into, err, well, a painting. The painting assimilates itself, resistance is impossible. Or is it? This study is intended to introduce the little know picturesque riverside village of Bourg in Haut Medoc in the Bordeaux region, to be part of the much … Read more
You tell me? Painting progress, under painting or finished? This study of Blaye, Haut Medoc, will become one of the ‘Famous Wine Village of Bordeaux’ series but how and when? Having started to power in the result id full of possibilities, a day time scene, a busy evening at dusk with a fete? I plan … Read more
In the idyllic commune of Sauternes, I mean Bommes.
This picture, “Bommes, don’T PANIC” is newly posted painted a couple of years ago, this fine landscape painting measuring 40 x 50 cms (15¾” x 19¾”), oils, would look GREAT in any a home or office, who, where, reminding us to take more quality time in la belle France.
Bourg waterfront, progress… The picture is intended to become one in the ‘Picturesque Wine Villages of Bordeaux’ series. I have a very specific idea in mind but the painting is taking over. The currents on the Gironde estuary are very strong so I’ll take that as an omen and go with the flow which still … Read more