https://www.patfros.com/home daily 1.0 2023-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/6ddda809-e55d-4fa7-a28b-bd96bae7c779/IMG_4774.jpeg Home https://www.patfros.com/about daily 0.75 2023-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596448800211-TOTZMDBY4CUYVAHH2RYB/DSC_6834.jpeg About My art is an extension of my life. I spend many hours in my studio working with cold wax, oil, monotype, encaustic and collage. I love to experiment with all the different media I have available. My work is in-betted in many layers and tell stories inspired by life, relationships, but also nature and the many trips I make to the USA and other countries. Painting allows me to share what I can’t say in words, each piece has its own story. Life Like many people, happy and sad events happened during my life and shaped me to the person I am today. It made me strong and vulnerable and that’s what I want to express in my work. To have faith in what I do, explore new ways and getting excited also when you don’t know what it wil bring. I like what Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote: “ Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. I went to ArtEZ University of the Arts later in life but have been always ’busy’ with creating. After graduating at ArtEZ I did art related work and during this time I raised two beautiful daughters I’m so proud of! I worked with kids during summerschool in Germany and Mozambique which I loved doing. Being a peoples person, open to see the beauty in people, their strength and resilience but also their vulnerability. Sometimes I have the opportunity to be a part of their life and feel blessed to ’walk’ with them for a short or longer time and get the chance to know them a little better! These people related experiences I express intuitively in the ’layers’ of my work. Dreamer I can be a dreamer, it triggers my imagination. Using my imagination together with my interest in other cultures and their ’language’ expressing this in some of my work by using letters in different languages, symbols, signs and marks. Media Working with the different kinds of material (media) can be very exciting, it is a journey on its own! I truly try to understand the materials I work with, do research and lots of experimenting. Over the years I have worked with acrylic, clay(3D), printing ink (book printing the ’old fashion way’), cold wax and oil, encaustic and paper/collage. Looking back elements of paper/collage always comes back in my work (more or less visible ) together with encaustic, cold wax and oil and in combination with monotype. Feel free to look around on my website and if you have any question don’t hesitate to ask! If you are interested you can read an abstract of my education and exhibition history in this PDF https://www.patfros.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597079242122-MV38ZP9L7HFZMBE8F5PI/WhatsApp+Image+2020-08-08+at+11.50.07.jpeg Contact https://www.patfros.com/work daily 0.75 2023-09-17 https://www.patfros.com/work/cold-wax monthly 0.5 2023-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/8d63dd38-a64b-4f84-8748-e9e4f326dd8c/IMG_1330.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 10 Mixed media, oil/coldwax on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/50630184-7428-493f-b677-39b21d993ffc/Fragmented+stories+2.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Fragmented stories Oil/ cold was on panel, 100 x 100 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596803920364-CB6Q2VIXVNYFI9MJVXK9/IMG_4202.jpeg+40x40+on+panel.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Dream Oil/cold wax and collage on panel, 40x40cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/09e7716d-864e-40f5-b700-938c33a42ad5/IMG_5115.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 3 Mixed media on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/ea90f3b1-7d8b-4c87-b678-a9f764d61304/IMG_5116.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 4 Mixed media on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/970669a2-7a47-4456-9acd-82eef23b2f61/IMG_5142.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 7 Oil/coldwax on panel, 30x30 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596808227279-G7CLE3YVS14P8AGQJ5PG/IMG_4193.jpeg+40x40+on+panel.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 12 Oil/cold wax and collage on panel, 40x40cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/6ad57608-158f-4fdf-a3cf-f213db0add28/IMG_5127.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 5 Oil/coldwax, collage on panel, 90x95 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/260a78f9-7235-4be4-a770-67f9ca7b7ea9/IMG_4774.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 1 Mixed media/ oil/ cold wax on panel, 60 x 60 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/afb8100b-2085-4c59-ad1c-36bfdb69fc60/IMG_5145.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 9 Oil/coldwax on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596726380851-KB4SNRQ9MA7VHZZ0HI0B/IMG_4191.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 14 Oil/cold wax and collage on panel 30x30cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596807687390-A3JRDQJGSK8OMD5410FD/IMG_4201.jpeg+40x40+on+panel.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 11 Oil/cold wax on panel, 40x40cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596808547434-B2TGF9R8FZYBII1MXG66/40x40+on+panel.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 15 Oil/cold wax on panel, 40x40cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/8546deee-2559-44c3-b2a8-57b37d5bfdb1/FullSizeRender.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 2 Mixed media on panel, 50 x 50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/532e9638-29f3-4bbb-ba2b-09546859abe5/IMG_5146.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 8 Mixed media, oil/coldwax on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/9339ac93-ca0d-4759-a155-0ca0f0e6d1d2/IMG_5128.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 6 Oil/coldwax on panel, 50x50 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596807965916-5ORRLRUSFXTKEUAMBGJ9/IMG_4192.jpeg+30x30+0n+panel.jpeg Work - Cold wax - Untitled 13 Oil/cold wax and collage on panel, 30x30cm https://www.patfros.com/work/monotypes monthly 0.5 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1599998867175-4YS070ZJWKJBLEX4DLIS/IMG_0254.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Marks Oil/cold-wax and collage on Simili Japon paper, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597153222000-ZOQTDRDKYS758CQJJ1LA/IMG_0074.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 2 Oil/coldwax and collage on Simili Japon, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1600000530044-XVN9TNW7C6G2IOP1M2D1/IMG_0223.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Marks 3 Oil/cold-wax and ink on Simili Japon paper, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596720987904-6K4E2XC49D4Z85VJL5NE/IMG_4263.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 6 Collage, ink and oil paint, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596723501758-K156C003FSDACWO1AEFN/IMG_4288.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 9 Collage, monotype and ink on paper, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597484892428-RS9GCQYY31EKSC99LDVU/IMG_0106.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Heat Oil/coldwax collage on paper, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1599999727344-KRACPGVK6Y93FZ82NHCD/IMG_0261.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Marks 2 Oil/coldwax and collage on Simili Japon paper, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596720254712-SDL4P2UBWPMDEW9BU5F2/IMG_4292.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 4 Collage, ink and monotype on paper, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597485187605-D4NINGPCFKDSHJ82EV21/IMG_0098.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 1 Oil/coldwax and collage on Simili Japon paper, 24x32 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596811212499-G87GICLICK0E7V717Z63/IMG_4286.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 3 Collage, ink and drawing on paper, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596723202354-26PN11XXCIAL6HZ80B7R/IMG_4287.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 8 Collage and oil paint on paper, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596722967957-XCIETOJ4WLXKAJUKK2YH/IMG_4284+2.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 7 Collage, oil paint and drawing on paper, 29x21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1596720468982-8S3OEEH17VVR5HNU624L/IMG_4295.jpeg Work - Works on paper/monotype - Untitled 5 Collage, ink and oil paint on paper, 29x21 cm https://www.patfros.com/work/encaustic monthly 0.5 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597155154517-EIOBDAL9C1XFC4YCPJE9/IMG_1071.jpeg Work - Encaustic - Untitled 4 Encaustic, photo, collage and ink on panel, 30x30 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597066914475-O8W6YV6CLYHW0M0ZD1QU/IMG_0418.jpeg Work - Encaustic - Untitled 1 Encaustic, photo, ink and pastel on panel, 30x30 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597155371572-YWU059MJB2N55G7JQ2OJ/IMG_0320.jpeg Work - Encaustic - Untitled 5 Encaustic, collage ink and pastel on cardboard, 15x15 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597154874298-B9U3ULJN83M9LW40G9OG/IMG_1102.jpeg Work - Encaustic - NY city Encaustic, photo and ink on panel, 20x20 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597153918940-N07VLVQNATR1ND0S58IO/IMG_1108.jpeg Work - Encaustic - Untitled 3 Encaustic, collage, ink and pastel on panel, 30x30 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f27dd345881d11a882382e2/1597067634586-ZT2FYNP2IMQAIECFA1NQ/IMG_1142.jpeg Work - Encaustic - Untitled 2 Encaustic, photo, ink and pastel on panel, 30x30 cm