The Landscape Art of Gordon Frickers
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
wash car/rain ⛈ I gave my aged car a very overdue wash, headlight restore, wax n polish🙂. Now we have heavy rain with full sound & lightening effects ⛈. Washing my car, this works almost every time, wash car/rain ⛈. It works better than any rain dance I’ve tried🙃😄⚓
A wet week here in Théhillac, Morbihan, mild at 19 c today and very definitely wet . Painting rain, literally, here’s a extraordinary painting (available) I created, just to see what would result, when painting in the rain. You can discover more and buy this very unusual “Painting Rain” on my website page https://artfrickers.com/s-w-france/paintings-in-loccitane/painting-rain/
Free music, well almost, a hat was passed around. A musical evening in La Roche-Bernard. This month sees an ‘explosion’ of fetes. There are so many, numerous events ‘on’, all tempting. Seeing, hearing all live, is impossible. Having fun in France is not impossible, it’s easy peasy !
BalaBala, bistro and Bar in Redon, produced another winner last Friday. Amelik treated us to an hour of rare music, singing in French, Breton, Turkish and Kabyle Kabyle? By the way, the Kabayle tribe/people are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to ‘Kabylia’ in the north of Algeria. The Kabyle way pre date the arrival of … Read more
Special notice. Website news, www.frickers.co.uk/art is being moved in it’s entirety to a new host. www.frickers.co.uk/art , all 700 Plus pages is being put to sleep, is going offline. This website of marine and aviation paintings is a rich source of information some of it unique, and available to everyone. This site is sometimes used … Read more
Massive Masada, few painting better sense the gaunt, lonely, arid, almost unassailable, haunted and spiritual experience that is Masada. Masada see through the eyes and senses of a poetical painter. Masada challenges you physically, poetically and spiritually. 3 million years of evolution, earth quakes, poor farming methods, changing trades and wars have all left their … Read more
Massive Masada, few painting better sense the gaunt, lonely, arid, almost unassailable, haunted and spiritual experience that is Masada. Masada see through the eyes and senses of a poetical painter. Masada challenges you physically, poetically and spiritually. 3 million years of evolution, earth quakes, poor farming methods, changing trades and wars have all left their … Read more
I’ve resumed painting this week. J’ai repris la peinture cette semaine. The Six Legged Elephant painting is on the move, progressing (at last!), getting the architecture ‘right’ is time consuming, has to be done even as you will soon see, though I’ll loose most of it in the finished painting. La peinture de l’éléphant à … Read more
Vin du Coq; do you know, the symbol of #Gaillac #wine is a cockerel? Maybe you know I have numerous spectacular Gaillac paintings available? All created in and around Gaillac S W France on my website. Refresh yourself https://artfrickers.com/s-w-france/tarn-and-gaillac-paintings/ Vin du Coq Vin du coq, very good #wine though it is, this doesn’t translate quite as the Gaillacois intended … Read more