“Radar Weather Detector”. Another photograph of a model of the atmosphere that Eric Sloane built as a series in memorial to Lieutenant Joseph Prentice Willetts (30 September 1918 – 28 August 1943), U.S. Navy pilot who was killed in a training exercise piloting a Martin PBM C3 in heavy weather. The models were commissioned by the pilot’s parents, who collaborated with Eric Sloane in developing the models to teach principles of weather systems.
See photographs of all the models on display, learn how they are connected to the Museum of Natural History in New York, and how excited we are to have solved a bit of a mystery by visiting weatherhillfarm.com/research-2/.
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How would you like to come into work or your home office and have this behind your desk? Mural by Eric Sloane, N.A., c. 1960, for the President of the Morton Salt Company.
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“Cirrus Sunset”, by Eric Sloane, N.A., featured on the 1992 season promotional poster for The Santa Fe Opera Company. Eric Sloane generously donated his time, money, and talents to multiple causes over the course of his life, The Santa Fe Opera being but one of many.

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Had your coffee yet? For those experienced enough to remember, this is a coffee percolator. This one has a colorized black and white pen and ink drawing by Eric Sloane entitled “The Brook”. Between about 1950-1970, Delano Studios of Long Island, New York produced many household pieces using the illustrative work of Eric Sloane. These items have become quite popular over the last few years.
A Delano Studios catalog complete with pages that contain works by Eric Sloane, can be viewed at weatherhillfarm.com – just clink the “research on Eric Sloane” button.

“Outdoor Cooking”
3.75″ x 7.5″, site
Eric Sloane, N.A.
Ink and Pencil on Artist Board

Pen and ink illustrations are a wonderful and affordable way to begin your collection of art by this great artist. “Outdoor Cooking” is charming and in excellent condition, newly framed under UV glass – and, at $625.00, it won’t “break the bank”.

On 18 June 1968, Connecticut Governor John Dempsey announced that Eric Sloane would donate his early American tool collection to the state of Connecticut. True, Eric’s fascination with early American tools began c. 1952 after his purchase of an 18th century farmhouse in Brookfield, Connecticut. Yet it was Eric’s “placements” – consisting of early American hand tools and several early 19th century almanacs mounted to an antique barn board backing – where the artist synthesized his conception of tools as an art form. From Wil Mauch’s “Symbols of American Spirit: 50 Years of the Eric Sloane Museum”, used by permission.

To learn more about the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum and our mission to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the Eric Sloane Museum and its collection, please visit the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum homepage. While you’re there, please consider donating online to our new Hands-on! classroom project.

“February”
20″ x 20″
Eric Sloane, N.A.
Oil on Masonite

It neither looked nor felt like February today. I miss the Februarys of Eric Sloane…
From my book Aware: A Retrospective of the life and work of Eric Sloane.

“There are places that affect me by a profoundness stirred by sensitivity.
If this be insanity, I confess and declare a fascination that only mad men know.” -Eric Sloane

From Aware: A Retrospective of the life and work of Eric Sloane by Wil Mauch. Used by permission.

To learn more about the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum and our mission to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the Eric Sloane Museum and its collection, see www.friendsoftheericsloanemuseum.org. While you’re there, please consider making a donation online to our new hands-on classroom project.

Help the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum Turn This….

Into This….

Imagine a space where visitors young and old can learn – in a supportive and “hands on” way – early arts, crafts, and trades using traditional tools, methods, and materials. Now imagine that space as one that is open, airy, light, and inviting. You are picturing what the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum has envisioned as our next project!

We’d love to count on you to help participate in the experience of creating this much needed educational space. We have opportunities to participate in this experience through financial support – your donation in any amount via our secure checkout will not only be greatly appreciated, but will be used to create a new space for hands-on classes on early arts, crafts and trades. We also will be offering opportunities to participate in our pop up volunteer events held periodically throughout 2023. Sign-up here to join, and receive periodic emails detailing upcoming volunteer experiences.