Posts Tagged ‘Superyachts’
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Newsletter 6 from The Art of Gordon Frickers, November 2008
This newsletter goes to people who have (more…)
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Newsletter, Sea Fever and super yachts, The Marine Art of Gordon Frickers No. 8 © august 2009
We hope you find the following interesting, engaging, interactive, and will forward this to friends. (more…)
Tags: Antibes, Artist in Residence, Ben Ainslie, British Marine Federation, Castelnau de Montmiral, convoy PQ13, Cote d'azur, Dominique Rembauville, Fiery Cross, Fort Lauderdale, H.M.S. Formidable, HM Submarine "Unique", Itzac, Junkers Ju88's, Laperouse at Botany Bay, Marine Art, marine artist, marine painting, marine paintings, Marine Print, marine prints, memorable paintings, Monaco, Monaco Yacht Show, Montague Dawson, Monte Carlo, New paintings, New Westminster City, Newsletter, Plymouth Naval Reference Library, Porto Fino, Sea Fever, Spurling painting, super yacht builders, super yacht owners, super yacht world, super yachts, superyacht, Superyacht Business, Superyachts, the battle of Trafalgar, The Best of British, the Cattewater, the First Fleet, The future of super yachts, the war of 1812, Trafalgar, USS New York
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
At the Monaco Yacht Show 2009, Port Hercule, Monte Carlo, this was to be my first full working day in the world of superyachts, , meeting super yacht people, excluding the 4 commissions last year.
These remarkable people rapidly changed my perspective of the super yacht world.
For a start, The Monaco Yacht Show perhaps surprisingly has a carbon neutral certificate and advertises this fact with enthusiasm and when one learns more of he Monaco Yacht Show organisers achievements, with justifiable pride. (more…)
Tags: Dockwise Yacht Transport, Dubois Naval Architects Ltd, Fine Art, Humphreys Yacht Design, Liara, Marine Art, Monaco Yacht Show 2009, Monte Carlo, Owen Marine Marketing, Oyster Marine, Performance Yachts, Port Hercule, Royal Yacht Squadron, Southampton Yacht Services Ltd, Southern Ocean Marine, Sparkman & Stephens, super yacht, superyacht, Superyacht uk, Superyachts, Swan Nautor European Regatta, the European Parliament
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
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…)
Tags: Happy New Year, marine paintings, Mercedes, Plymouth Cattewater, Porto Fino, Samuel Plimsoll, Superyachts
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
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…)
Tags: Devonport Royal Dockyard, European Parliament, Maltese Falcon, Marine Art, new marine paintings, Porto Fino, Sarafsa, super yacht, superyacht, Superyachts
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
The new marine painting of superyachts at dusk is progressing steadily as you can see here. 
Still not settled is which yachts to include, open to suggestions, do you have any in mind? (more…)
Tags: Devonport Royal Dockyard, Maltese Falcon, new marine painting, Sarafsa, super yacht, superyacht, Superyachts
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