This time I drove to Monaco from Nice, with the Monaco Yacht Show is officially finished parking is much easier.

Great  morning for meeting crews and photographing the yachts but one needs to be organised and quick. 

I’d loved to have devoted some time to marine painting, oil or watercolours, probably water colours. (more…)

Final day of the Monaco Yacht Show, the world’s foremost exhibition for Superyachts. I have a plan of action…

I won’t have time for marine painting, or to look for possible commissions. I’ll not even have much time to take photographs.

My new brochure (ask for a copy or down load free from www.frickers.co.uk home page) is being very well received.

I have been amused to have several people say, wow, collector’s item!

Amused because there were a lot of seriously expensive brochures at Monte Carlo!

What surprises are in store today? (more…)

At the Monaco Yacht Show 2009, Port Hercule, Monte Carlo, this was to be my first full working day in the world of superyachts, , meeting super yacht people, excluding the 4 commissions last year.

These remarkable people rapidly changed my perspective of the super yacht world.

For a start, The Monaco Yacht Show perhaps surprisingly has a carbon neutral certificate and advertises this fact with enthusiasm and when one learns more of he Monaco Yacht Show organisers achievements, with justifiable pride. (more…)

The venue for this super yacht event is the legendary city of Monte Carlo, Port Hercule. This, the 19th Monaco Yacht Show 2009 is said to be THE superyacht venue of the year.  

The weather was stunning, 28 C and not humid but my first sight of the exhibition had to wait. (more…)

Arrived in Nice on the cote d’azur, via a brief visit to Antibes.  

To stay at a 2 star hotel in Nice about half way from the beaches and railway station, near the old town.

I had no idea how enchanting Nice can be! (more…)

A splendid evening in Gaillac, live music, dancing and an excellent dinner with a plentiful supply of wine in the hotel garden. 

A beautiful evening under a romantic moon new friends made including an interesting, amusing Aussie. (more…)

Jane Banks was the final running mate of Waterwitch.

With a bit of luck I’ll have a command to publish “Jane Banks entering Bermuda” and another Rajula will “surface”. (more…)

A second social event at Itzac ? I have landscape painted many times around here as you can see from my website, this day was purely social.
The village of Itzac is the place to be?  

Today we of Itzac celebrated the “Inauguration du Moulin de Trottevielle”. (more…)

I have been trying to invite my excellent friend and adopted French sister, Helene Ancelet, for a little dinner, not possible!

The idea was to show some appreciation of her wonderful friendship and catch up on news past and with autumn upon us, future events. (more…)