A new painting of HMS Pickle is in preparation.

Approaching England HMS Pickle off Mounts Bay on course for Falmouth is in the later phase of sketch and research.   (more…)

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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Carcassonne a possibly the classic medieval city has been in our sights quite a bit recently.

I’ve taken some classic photos of Carcassonne, never quite like this  though.

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Making a rare contribution to Gordon’s Blog, this is Michael Baker adding a test for the new Audio plugin just added to this blog.
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Great excitement in Castelnau de Montmiral today, the Tour de France passed this morning.

This meant the village was hovered over by 3 noisy helicopters filming live for French national TV.

While CdM got no obvious benefit from the Tour de France, over the past 2 years we have been getting more tourists. (more…)

It’s party time!

A week end of varied live music and dance at Castelnau de Montmiral, typical of the numerous villages around here, everyone is welcome, any age, the entertainment is free, food and drinks inexpensive. (more…)

The last full day of my European Parliament exhibition adventure.

I leave Watten and turn my car South South South via Paris with it’s nightmare traffic.

Naturally as I enter the heaviest most complex traffic and roads my GPS goes down… (more…)

Kidnapped! When I thought I’d be heading for ‘home’ with my precious cargo from the European Parliament exhibition I find myself kidnapped, forced off course onto the Opal Coast, Cote Opale, Pas de Calais.

My new and already firm friends Gilles and Brigitte Baffy have absolutely insisted I do not return today. (more…)

New marine paintings from the past 3 years are being posted onto the web site almost daily, the EP Expo being the catalyst, a unique event and many particularly  love the new painting “New and Old” now available as a collectors print from our Print gallery on the main web site www.frickers.co.uk.

New and Old is topical and as with many of the other new paintings from the past 3 years, recently placed on the web site.

The list of new Frickers art works posted on site can be found via the home page by clicking on the top right ‘News‘ button. (more…)

Using an SLR Canon D 60. If you use this info other from this site and blog, please credit generously.

Doing so enhances your credibility and ours , win win.

This also means, coming soon, pictures and histories of a veritable collection of new paintings, book mark this blog for a feast! (more…)