The European Parliament Exhibition catalogue, complete  with ISBN and priced at £10.00 has gone to Adapt Graphic for designing and setting up.

Here is the ISBN number

As a reward I have taken the evening off to have dinner with friends. (more…)

An exhibition invitation from  Diane de Bournazel la fée des grands chemins, Claire de Soissons la fée aux insectes, Eva Kristeva la fée au miroir.
La Galerie loin-de-l’oeil a le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage de l’exposition. (more…)

Marine paintings unfinished, ekkkk!  Laperouse at Botany Bay not started and the weeks before May 23rd and the exhibition at the European Parliament down to single figures. 
Cool calm and collected used to be my mantra for start lines when racing in big fleets; I have found another use for it guess what? (more…)

5.5 hrs painting yesterday not even stopping to eat left me exhausted.

This month I have been marine painting as much as possible then a bit more
The light has been excellent, here are 2 evening pictures for you to enjoy.
Soon I’ll be ready to try photographing the paintings. (more…)

What will be the quality of this year’s French wine?

The weather report from here is ‘see saw’, some splendid warm autumn days and evenings however there is a but.

The Midi Pyrenees has also experienced some unseasonably wet and cold weather Autumn weather, it has on the wetter chillier days felt much like England.

How will this effect the grape harvest and subsequent wines, will 2010 be a good year for French wine? (more…)

An unexpected exhibition will run to the end of September.

Today we disconcerted and surprised Gordon Frickers by having him place a small but very special exhibition of landscape paintings of the Tarn in the beautiful Hotel des Consuls, right in the centre of the historic 13th century Castelnau de Montmiral, the Place des Arcades.

The hotel, open all day every day is easy to find and visit, now run by the very amicable Helene and Marc Gaudechon the hotel retains its traditional character, is deseptively spacious and charming inside including a large (for Castelnau de Montmiral) private terrace and garden and a small swimming pool; room prices start from 48 Euros, tel: +33 (0)5 63 33 17 44 or view www.hoteldesconsuls.com (email: hoteldesconsuls@orange.fr), we unreservedly recommend this hotel.

The landscape paintings on show were all painted in the area when Gordon Frickers was experimenting with his odd colour vision, none were intended for sale yet have gained quite a following in England being noted for their colour, depth, rhythms, vibrancy and much more. (more…)

Up early ish today and loading my car including with 2 major marine paintings (Plymouth Cattewater and Nelson at Gibraltar 10 Dec 1796) and numerous French landscapes.

One of the objectives of this return to my home port of Plymouth is to find out how the paintings are received, perceived and valued, another is to consider suitable exhibition venues. (more…)