Frazetta,a legend remembered

I first recall seeing his work on covers of Heavymetal magazine at around age 12. I was mesmerized,his mastery of the human figure,the worlds he created ,the creatures and the women ,wow ,the women. His style was very realistic in terms of anatomy and such,however the full on visual was definitely fantasy,which lead many to refer to him as the master of Fantasy art. Frank Frazetta is who I speak of,and although he did many other types of works including black and white inks ,comics,magazine and book covers and movie posters,I will always best remember his paintings. It was only after seeing his fantastically rendered masterpieces,involving very muscular barbarian type figures usually battling for or defending a barely clothed female in distress,that I found myself wanting to learn to paint the human figure. I would buy all the muscle magazines and use the many photos as my source of reference,in emulating Frazetta's work. I became a huge fan of the fantasy world and characters early on and it is an interest that still remains within me.We have lost one of the greats, he really was a huge influence on me artistically,and after having read up on him and how he lived, an overall influence as a person. May he rest in peace. A few years back I along with my creative counterparts ,Jorge Medina,Jonathan Syphax ,and Mr.Crazee himself Sam Vera,all had the distinct pleasure of having met his now also deceased wife Ellie,at thier home and personal museum in Pennsylvania. That, however,to paraphrase the end of the original Conan movie,is a tale to tell another day,,,,,,Syphaxius that is your cue,,,,,,,Arroyocus out but neva ova,,,,