Blind
October 1st, 2003, 02:14 PM
Just thought I'd pass this along... if you're ever in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area (near the NJ border by the Delaware Water Gap @ Route 80), you might want to make a pit stop at Frank Frazetta's house. He's got a museum on his property with many of his original works: Frazetta Art Gallery (http://frazettaartgallery.com/) It's only about a 90 minute ride from Manhattan.
I took a ride over there a few weeks back on a rainy Saturday morning with my 10-month old son. My son sat in his stroller, happily munching his Cheerios and looking at all the colors around him, while I pushed his stroller with my jaw hanging open. It was truly amazing and awe-inspiring to see so much of his original work in person. Overwhelming really... I think I'll need to go back to absorb it all. To see it up close and actually be able to see the brush strokes is worth the trip alone. I can't recommend it enough, especially if you like Frank's work. I'm not even an oil painter, so I bet that if you are, you could appreciate it that much more.
Frank wasn't around that day, but his wife Ellie came by the museum and spent about 15 minutes or so chatting with me and making my shy little son smile. She was an extremely nice person who is quite eager & proud to talk about her husband's work. The only thing I could think to ask her was that I had heard Frank was a very fast painter. She just smiled and said "1 to 2 days... he's never spent more than 2 days on a painting". She also went on to explain some of the other pieces they have there (not just paintings). She said Frank is feeling well and keeping busy. He had a stroke some time ago, so he's drawing & painting with his left hand now.
There's also a small gift shop where you can get all sorts of prints, collectibles, etc. Some things are only available there, so if you collect that kind of thing, you'd be in heaven.
I took a ride over there a few weeks back on a rainy Saturday morning with my 10-month old son. My son sat in his stroller, happily munching his Cheerios and looking at all the colors around him, while I pushed his stroller with my jaw hanging open. It was truly amazing and awe-inspiring to see so much of his original work in person. Overwhelming really... I think I'll need to go back to absorb it all. To see it up close and actually be able to see the brush strokes is worth the trip alone. I can't recommend it enough, especially if you like Frank's work. I'm not even an oil painter, so I bet that if you are, you could appreciate it that much more.
Frank wasn't around that day, but his wife Ellie came by the museum and spent about 15 minutes or so chatting with me and making my shy little son smile. She was an extremely nice person who is quite eager & proud to talk about her husband's work. The only thing I could think to ask her was that I had heard Frank was a very fast painter. She just smiled and said "1 to 2 days... he's never spent more than 2 days on a painting". She also went on to explain some of the other pieces they have there (not just paintings). She said Frank is feeling well and keeping busy. He had a stroke some time ago, so he's drawing & painting with his left hand now.
There's also a small gift shop where you can get all sorts of prints, collectibles, etc. Some things are only available there, so if you collect that kind of thing, you'd be in heaven.