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The Rajula and her company are something ‘colonial’ to be proud of.
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The company was founded by two enterprising Scots and formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company.
Rajula at Madras is today topical again with a print complete with a remarque of this classic painting is on its way to a customer in Malaysia. 🙂
Try looking carefully at this series of illustrations you can see many valuable clues that help you understand how a complex painting is created. 
The still images are invaluable for study although I do sometimes wish I had the funds to spare for a decent video cam and editing programme. 
HMS Formidable, May 4, 1945 something happened that astonished the U S Navy.
Formidable, aircraft carrier (flat top), distinguished herself in almost every theatre of war during World War 2.
Roaring Forties today, both pages given a major overhaul making it much easier to buy your copy, your own PRINT, of this fabulous, famous and awesome painting. The first solo nonstop circumnavigation, “Suhaili” & Robin Knox-Johnston, 16 December 1968, deep in “Roaring Forties”, The Great Southern Ocean. Exhibited at the European Parliament, May 2011. Today … Read more
Copyright licence “I Have Urgent Dispatches”, confirmed today, a limited copyright licence for my famous painting “I Have Urgent Dispatches”. Good news is always welcome is it not? As of today, I’ve confirmed a limited copyright licence for my famous painting “I Have Urgent Dispatches” for use by The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, … Read more
Painting by Gordon Frickers 61 x 91 cm (24″ x 36″), oils on board, the original is in the main salon on board the ship ‘Clansman’.
Available as a fine art print on canvas for the look and feel of the original, signed, numbered, see our ‘Marine Art Prints‘ page.
spent 15 minutes at the Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd naming ceremony of “Clansman” talking to the artist and suggested that he should be encouraged to paint more Hebrides scenes.
A result was 2 further commissions from Calmac.
Follow the example of Captain J. A. B. Simkins, managing director of Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) who had read a 3/4 page about my paintings published by Lloyds List International so phone called me.
Want special painting? Call me via Mobile + 6 10 66 19 26, E artistfrickers at gmail.com
Titanic’s Plymouth Harbour, it looks like this remarkable painting will be offered this year as a print in a choice of three sizes. 79.5 x 172 cm (31 3/5″ x 68″) this definitive replica painting, soon to be offered in print in a choice of 3 sizes, is for sale, available. No reasonable offer refused. … Read more
Clipper Ventures painting nicely suggesting the spirit of Clipper Ventures, “‘Tis not the gales but the set of your sails that determines the way you go” (anon). Newly updated page on my website, my painting shown here is available as a print from my website Marine Prints page. Clipper Way was commissioned by Sir Robin … Read more
For Pete Goss, creating the painting “Spirit of Mystery in the Southern Ocean”, today I’m remined of this painting so share with you. details from a 76 x 1210 cm, 30″ x 48″ painting “Spirit of Mystery in the Southern Ocean”. Commissioned by, owned by the renowned Pete Goss and available as a fine print … Read more