The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
Shabbat dinner, a proper Shabbat dinner. Shabbat shalom (meaning may the Sabbath peace be for you), with my lovely visitors from Israel. They don’t ask for refugee status, just for rest and peace for all mankind. This is for some rest and relaxation away from the attempts to destroy their homeland and threats of genocide. … Read more
“If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise”. A picnic fete at La Roche-Bernard 😃! I’ve never seen such a relatively large police, gendarme and security presence 🤨 I suppose that with so much Muslim mayhem going on these days it is considered necessary🤔😶…? I found this was not … 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
Marine painting secrets exposed . Painting steady progress, you may like to compare the changes here with my earlier post. Studying the works and techniques of master painters is a well established tradition and offers an observant student a rich source of knowledge. As my own background I’ve done exactly that studying many times, painted the … Read more
Painting Package ‘d and on its way today😃, another painting🎨, framed with one of my special hand made ‘nautical’ frames😊 This painting has been produced in secret🤫. The painting is to be a birthday gift and is likely to become an heirloom🌞. I’ll be able to tell you the story very soon😊⚓️
Maritime paintings, does best in marine paintings interest you, to buy, sell, invest in, or learn from, yes? You may well enjoy following the creation of this new painting which I am quietly confident is going to become well know, iconic and this painting, direct from the artist will begin life modestly priced. Can you … 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
