Gordon Frickers

Gordon Frickers (born 1949 in Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom ) is a marine artist based in Plymouth, Devon, but also paints in France. Frickers was the first marine artist to be exhibited at the European Parliament in Brussels in May 2011.

Education and experience Maidstone College of Fine Art (later part of Kent Institute of Art & Design and now part of University for the Creative Arts) and Medway College : Visual Communication, Photography for advertising & media Falmouth Technical College : Ship & Boat Building; Montmiral School of Painting (South West France) Plymouth College of Further Education (now City College Plymouth) : Internet, E business, web design Member of SuperyachtUK

Works Works and series by Frickers include:

"I have urgent dispatches" which depicts the schooner HMS Pickle conveying news of the death of Nelson and victory at Trafalgar "Trafalgar Dawn", the view from HMS Victory at 6:05 am on the morning of 21 October 1805 "Trafalgar Dawn, the French Perspective" showing the view Vice-Admiral Villeneuve had from his flagship Bucentaure just before the battle 1991 "Cable Ship Sovereign" commissioned by BT Marine for their boardroom "Royal Yacht Britannia (1893)" "Cunard Express Steamer The Mauretania" "Norway", the cruise ship, leaving Miami Caledonian MacBrayne British Telecom (Marine) Ltd. Cunard Line Yamaha

Frickers' wine villages of France paintings have been exhibited at Gallerie Marin in Appledore, north Devon.

Books and TV Frickers work has appeared in:

The Nelson Almanac edited by David Harris Nelson's Ships by Peter Goodwin

Frickers appeared in the 2010 TV documentary series, The Boats that Built Britain.