Posts Tagged ‘painting’
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
After posting letters to GB and buying fresh bread, was stopped unexpectedly for a coffee in Castelneau de Montmiral in the “place” by a friend of many years and fellow spirirt, artist Jill Lane.
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Tags: art work, castelneau de montmiral, jill lane, painting, painting school
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Newsletter 6 from The Art of Gordon Frickers, November 2008
This newsletter goes to people who have (more…)
Tags: Almost sold out, bae systems, Basque region, British Marine Federation, Castelnau de Montmiral, commission, Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd, dhows, drawing, Fine Art, frigate, Government of Oman, Les Plus beaux villages de France, ministry of defence, New Print Gallery, Newsletter, no gallery commission, Obama being elected, painting, passionate about painting, plymouth, reliable investment, Royal Netherlands Navy, RSS feed, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, South of France, superyacht, Superyacht uk, Superyachts, The Art of Gordon Frickers, The Flying Scotsman, Trafalgar, vagrant, velsheda, Waterwitch
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Possible projects include a Laperouse painting, one or 2 on the theme of Nelson and Trafalgar (because the Victory 2005 series are about to become available for sale, I will write the story here soon) a further famous wine village series this time involving more working people in the paintings, and I have a new idea that relates to paintings about some of the big issues of our times.
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Tags: black ice, capitalism, christmas, climate change, famous wine village, laperouse, mild fever, Nelson, new year, painting, paintings, plymouth university, sustainability, thaw, thesis, time temperatures, Trafalgar, university plymouth, victory, white christmas, wine village
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
The marine painting of “Jane Banks entering Bermuda” (see page http://www.frickers.co.uk/marine-art/jane_banks_entering.html) has inspired a painting poem! 
I am delighted and honoured to find my painting has inspired a poem now an addition to the beautiful music of Bob Brennan.
The request for a marine print of “Jane Banks“ also brought about a rare chance to meet a descendant of one of the captains of “Jane Banks“. (more…)
Tags: FRAU MINNA PETERSON, Jane banks, marine painting, Marine Print, Old Nick, painting, schooner, sea story, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, Tavistock Inn, The Merchant Schooners, VIIR
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