Froilan Ancheta doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. Whether it’s his work, his art, or his connection to Freemasonry, he throws himself headlong into his passions. One look around his living room will tell you that.

Ancheta’s Excelsior district home is chock-full of articles from his many hobbies. In fact, among his friends it’s considered something of a museum. Though a more accurate description perhaps would be several museums. Along with his own artwork, which includes everything from mosaic and painting to sculpture and photography, Ancheta’s home is decorated from floor to ceiling with an eclectic display of curios, statues, and Masonic ephemera. And if that’s not enough, there’s also a full suit of armor.

“Every morning, he wakes up and does something with art,” says Ancheta’s wife of 56 years, Nanita. The two met at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, where she was studying nursing and he was working on a bachelor of fine arts in advertising. When the family immigrated to the U.S. in the late ’60s, they landed in San Francisco, where Ancheta worked as a lithographer, layout artist, and film assembler for a number of print agencies. Over the years, Ancheta, now 78, crafted designs for a wide range of clients, from the San Francisco Yellow Pages to sports memorabilia and ads for AT&T and the San Francisco Symphony. Many of his favorite print samples were kept around the house—which was lucky for his son, Ronnie, who had practically unlimited access to comic books and sports cards growing up. “Boxes and boxes I gave to my son,” Ancheta says. “Brett Favre, Joe Montana, Captain Marvel, Superman, Iron Man. There’s so many.”