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Hello Friends and welcome back,
As the summer passes by, Frank has kept himself busy sculpting a self-portrait of himself. The likeness is wonderfully rendered considering that when his wife Ellie first handed him the raw clay it was as hard as a rock. Frank was reluctant and refused to work with the nearly concrete piece of clay. Ellie was also persistent and insisted he start working with it even though it seemed hopeless because it was so hard and stiff, but to his credit, his persistence paid off. Now that the sculpture is close to completion, it will soon be sent off to the caster where the master mold will be made and production will start.
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We have been working on the new Death Dealer 3 revised statue that will be available by late October. Frank will personally initial and number a limited quantity and these will be sold exclusively on the web site and also offered at the Museum for $159.00.
{Order
Now}. We are now taking preorders for the resin piece. Next, it will be produced in pewter and finally the remaining 150 pieces in bronze. This beautiful statue stands approx 13 inches tall with incredible details through out.
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The sculpture received final approval by Frank just last week and the styrene master was sent to him for hand painting. It was an interesting project because neither Frank nor the sculptor had any idea what the Death Dealer’s
armor and clothing looked like on the rear side of the figure. Although there are numerous drawing to reference to, none showed the back side of the Character. It was left to the sculptor’s discretion and if it was acceptable to my father, it got the thumbs up and he continued with the details. This will be the first in the series of Death Dealer statues we will be offering in the up coming year. A special thanks to Kevin for the outstanding job he did on the statue.
The Zippo lighter is now available in the gallery store. It is also the first in the series of pen and ink Zippos that will be produced in the up coming year. The colored oil painting will soon follow on the lighters as well.
One of the Molly Hatchet band members, Mike
Owings visited the museum last weekend to extend his appreciation to Mr. Frazetta and personally offered him the gold plated record as a token of thanks for his inspiration to the band members. Happy birthday Mike and thanks again.
The museum has been busy for most of the summer months and now that we are open Saturdays and Sundays, we are seeing more fans from all parts of the world. The rain has not kept the fans away by any means and the extended hours also gives the patrons a chance to schedule their trips to the Pocono’s and stay in the area with their families for the weekend.
Frank’s health has also been well and his main hobby continues to thrive with the growth of digital cameras. He can shoot the photos and then develop them with his printer in his own studio. This keeps him occupied for hours on end. Whether I visit him in the afternoon or at midnight, I know there will be a camera or a Popular Photography magazine on his lap. Now that Sony has introduced their new 828 digital camera with eight mega pixels, it has made my Christmas shopping a bit easier. When his close friend Dave Winiewicz spoke with him on the phone about the camera, he was so excited about it I had to run home to print out what information I could find on it. Needless to say, an hour and a half and a dozen sheets of paper later, Dad had what he was looking for and will spend the next few days absorbing all the info on this camera. It now gives him another reason to get up in the morning and look forward to any new reviews in the up coming photography magazines.
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The film “Painting with Fire” continues to get great reviews from all publications and although it is only available on VHS at this time, I have just been notified by Lance Laspina it will not become available on DVD until it is sold to a distributor or film company for either small theaters or television. I’m hoping as much as they are it won’t take much longer. I have been informed there will be an additional 30-45 minutes of footage on the DVD. I know it was a pain staking and time consuming project for all of them, but the final results showed the dedication and love for my father’s artwork that cannot be denied.
As the baseball season comes to a close, dad is still pulling for the young Mets to play their hearts out. Now that the franchise has dumped most of the over paid veterans, there is room to grow and gives the young kids a chance to prove themselves. Besides the cameras, this would be the second thing on dads to do’s during the course of the day. An old movie flick from the 40’s or 50’s with a few baseball games in between pretty much sums up dads days. But to his credit he still continues to paint and draw some wonderfully creative pieces that still are amazing. They are drawn a bit looser than in the past but the presence of genius is still apparent in every one he does. Although they are drawn with his left hand and it takes a bit longer to finish, the final artwork is such a joy to view. Everything he does has so much life in it! He still insists that I could have been a great artist, this may be true, but I just did not have the love and desire to continue or pursue this career, not to mention always being judged and compared to my father. Although our names are the same, there will only be one Frank
Frazetta.
Thank you for visiting,
Frank Frazetta JR
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