Pickle and Victory

HMS Pickle is bound for Portsmouth to rendez-vous with HMS Victory. A very special event ! At the invitation of the Royal Navy a very special event ~ the beautiful HmsPickle recreation schooner or war will visit the famous H M S Victory at Portsmouth, 1 st to 8 th November 2017 Return to main … Read more

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Brace yourself !

Hold on tight, knees bent, before you look at this ! Brace yourself !

M V Chupra, detail 1  20.09.17
M V Chupra, detail 1 20.09.17

Completed for my Clients, J.Leeson & Son, their intention, to leave a mark for a wider audience and future generations, to show something of the danger met with courage, persistence, patience and fine seamanship, encountered by the men who worked quietly to make so much that is good in our modern world, the merchant seamen.

My client asked me to push the limits of my abilities, for a dramatic painting.

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Surprise! l’Hermione, new

A new as yet incomplete addition to  ‘The Nelson and Trafalgar Collection’. L’Hermione,La Fayette, La Frégate de la liberté. Painting in production, real marine art, measuring a healthy 75 x 120 cms (29 1/2″ x 47 1/4″), Oils, available / the original; price to be decided. Painting in production, watch out for updates, by Gordon Frickers, a marine … Read more

Bishop’s Rock

Virgin Atlantic Challenger II”, an artist’s story; A Blue Ribband and the Hales trophy attempt.

Behind “Virgin Atlantic Challenger II”

Why St Mary Port?

Why Sir Richard Branson?

Why such fine paintings so long ago, yet not much has come of it?

I did later go to London, meeting and selling a painting to Sir Richard Branson who proved to be a mean son of a bitch.

Off Bishop's Rock, Virgin Atlantic Challenge 2
Off Bishop’s Rock, Virgin Atlantic Challenge 2

My son has asked me to record ‘sound bites’ of family history for him so here is one such yarn shared with you.

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‘Perfectionist?’

Artist to artist , ‘Perfectionist?’, a friend recently mentioned perfectionist.

That puts me in mind of the value of imperfect.

For those creative people interested, I’ll expand on this on my blog, meanwhile here is the best I can manage as a summary of the concepts as I interpret them. I’ve been called many times a ‘perfectionist’, maybe you have too?

I decided long ago, I don’t like that.

To avoid the concept my good friend Michael Baker, uses the phrase ‘good enough’.

In similar vein, I’d say ‘I do the best I can’; implying I know it won’t be perfect, I may fall heavily, but there is a more than fair chance it will be impressive and some people will call it ‘perfection’…

As with for example my pair of paintings “Trafalgar Dawn” and

Trafalgar Dawn
Trafalgar Dawn

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