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Marine art of wine art, a blend?

July 4, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

‘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

The Golden age, golden thoughts

July 2, 2015July 2, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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!”

Sauternes Picnic

June 22, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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.

Bourg, les Musicales, Haut Medoc,

January 16, 2017June 20, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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

House painting

June 11, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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

The Bourg

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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

Blaye, Haut Medoc

June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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

Bommes, don’T PANIC !

January 16, 2017June 9, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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.

Going with the flow?

January 16, 2017June 3, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

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

How soon can you put on an exhibition?

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 by Gordon Frickers

I was framed! There was some social excitement here yesterday, in Gaillac to be more precise. I had the very rare pleasure of seeing one of my photographs looking very smart, beautifully mounted and framed.

The prize giving for the photographic competition Concours Photos 2015, the subject was « Le jardin de tous les plaisirs » organised by the Médiation projets et publics Service Culture – Ville de Gaillac.