Newsletter, Sea Fever and super yachts, The Marine Art of Gordon Frickers No. 8 © august 2009

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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…)

Back to work today, pressing on with a group of marine paintings, developing sketches, preparing boards… (more…)

Paracetamol all round? It was blowing a gale with rain here this morning so here is a less sobering picture of Itzac taken yesterday.

By the way have you spotted if you click on a photo here it shows larger? (more…)

Marine art has occupied much of my time over the past few days while I gradually develop a group of new marine paintings. I’ll tell more of the others over the next few days.

By biggest concern is for the Porto Fino super yacht scene which will show superyachts off Porto Fino at dusk.  The sketch here show the basic design.

It’s great to work on a delightful warm evening super yacht scene while outside we have – 4 C, steady snow falling and 2 inches ( 50 cms) of solid compacted ice on the hill into Itzac

Is this an ideal world, what do you think? (more…)