Received by e mail today – Your profile is now published in the Featured Artists section of Winsor & Newton – great news! Why? Read on!

Your page is available at http://www.winsornewton.com/community/featured-artists/gordon-frickers/?lang=gb (more…)

Christmas and snow are coming to Castelnau de Montmiral, here is a pop up pic from last year. 

The soprano (Dutch) Alexandra Elizinga will be singing with an English choir at  an Anglo French carol service Friday the 16 th (19.00 ish) in the beautiful ancient church, a marvelous setting.

The following day, the 17 th is scheduled as a special market day, Marche de Noël and will include carols sung in the centre of the village beside the Christmas tree. (more…)

If this is of interest and you have time to help I’d appreciate your suggestions, thank you.

I have the honour of having been invited onto the Winsor and Newton web site. 

Also Four questions have to be answered. (more…)

Published on 29/9/2011, this must affect all artists, print producers, including marine print producers and so on… This came via the British Marine Federation

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BBC SW Radio Devon morning chat show hoste Gordon ‘Sparkie‘ Sparks usually interviews Gordon Frickers when the latter is in Plymouth.

Here  sparks fly, Gordon Frickers is interviewed by Gordon Sparkie Sparks, both men sparkle.

Now at last we can share this classic interview via this Wordpress blog with special thanks to Stuart Geddes for providing the copy and allowing this use, enjoy…

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At Castelnau de Montmiral the national holiday and festive continues with a special fiore de miel (market) all day in the village, the best I have seen here for local products and an evening meal under a full moon, all very popular and attracting more tourists than I have seen before in one day in this village. 

Meanwhile it is all work work work here as Michael Baker, you can see here how hard he is working, finger on the touch pad,  and I brace up the web site, new home page, new Print gallery page – easier to use, and chase down many other details not least of which is furthering “The Grand Plan“. (more…)

Today is market day at Castelnau de Montmiral.

Michael Baker and I recommenced work following a leisurely start to the day including shopping and a coffee.

We are beginning the task of pulling together a plan which has become known as “The Grand Plan“, a rather Napoleonic title that also carries in our view a hint of Wallis and Grommit which will help keep us realistic and light hearted.

We began today following and a conversation inspired by the painting “The Promenade”. (more…)

Bob Brennan today presented me with a piece of music entitled “Gordon’s Home Coming“.

There is a long association between painters and musicians, how many can you name? A clue to two, Picasso Portraits by, Pictures at an exhibition by?

Previously Bob wrote pieces inspired by the vibrant “Famous and Picturesque Wine Villages“ http://frickers.co.uk/wine/index.html and the French Landscapes series visit http://frickers.co.uk/colour/index.html. (more…)

A working Breakfast , that was a coffee and Eccles cake, at Morrison’s store, Plymstock started the day in earnest. (more…)