About Larry Frates

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Larry Frates is a distinguished Creative Arts Consultant with extensive experience in the field. With over 50 years of creating stunning Watercolor and Acrylic paintings, he brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to his teaching.

Lawrence (Larry) Frates is presently the Creative Arts Consultant and Teaching Artist at Prescott Farm Environmental Center in Laconia, New Hampshire.

He has spent the past 50+ years creating paintings in watercolor, acrylic and oils that represent a clean use of color in a semi-realistic style. His focus is on the representation of his subjects rather than a detailed representation of the images he presents to his viewers.

As a business person, he established the Frates Creative Arts Center in 1974 and it continued to flourish for seven years as Artist In Residence at the Historic Belknap Mill.

As an artist, his works have been exhibited at the Woodrow Wilson Gallery at the Smithsonian, Washington DC, Northern Illinois University, University of Massachusetts, during his Fulbright year in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.his works were shown at the Briggens Museum in Norway, the Getty Stromness Center in Orkney, Scotland, and the Central Bureau Gallery in London,

As an art educator, Larry has served as an Adjunct Fine Arts faculty member at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Southern NH University, Manchester,NH, Plymouth State University, NH,  and NH Technical Institute. In addition he taught and directed art and integrated arts programs for 40 years in the Public Schools of MA and NH. He is presently working with community outreach programs in collaboration with the UPTURN ARTS Magic Classes.

His works are exhibited locally at the Bayview Artisans Gallery and Lakes Center for the Arts. Additionally, they can be seen at his Piety Street Studio in New Orleans, LA.

Memberships: Fulbright Alumni Association, New England Watercolor Society, New Orleans Art Association, Lakes Region Art Association, International Society of Caricature Artists.

He can be reached at fcac@tds.net or 603 387-3687 for appointments to view more of his works, as well as more information about his classes.