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Patricia Helene Ropohl, nee. Bray
Born in London Ont.Canada,
HB Beal Technical School of the Arts
Honours graduate, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Canada;
Fine Art Studies in Florence, Italy.
Lives and works between Spain, Canada & the United States
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ARTIST STATEMENT
There are almost as many ways to approach a painting as there are artists. Tim Eitel, the
young German artist who lives and paints in Paris and Berlin addressed this notion with a sense of
concern. He believes that through Internet, alternative ideas within the arts are quickly assimilated
into the mainstream. There is no time for a subculture any longer.
Today there is a larger than ever acceptance of the arts but, within that, lays a potential problem:
“anything goes” and thus, art is susceptible to losing in part, its seriousness.
Jacobo Siruela, writer and editor at ATALANTA in Girona Spain, believes that a new set of
mythologies, relevant to our contemporary world is needed in order to create a base from which we
determine our values and behaviour. These mythologies he believes can only be created through our
artists.
I have always addressed the question of relevancy within my painting. It’s an issue that occupies my
thinking each time I begin a new piece. Do I achieve and maintain what is deemed to have them
taken seriously? Will anything I paint be good enough to have the honour of standing along side
works of art that build our new mythologies? It’s a difficult set of parameters to work within, but the
only ones worth creating for.
Plato wrote that the beginning is the most important part of the work. Without beginning, there is
nothing, and the bare canvas is both intimidating and exciting at the same time. The paint brush is an
extension of oneself, of ones soul, and you have to let go when you start to paint. With the first brush
stroke, the expression of ideas executed by ‘letting go’ can change the course of initial intent. It
explains the meaning behind Lucian Freud’s comment “I paint what I can, not what I want”. Despite
the highs, self doubt and disappointment that are constant companions for an artist; it’s simply part of
the process. I read that, ‘once a painting is finished, it no longer belongs to the artist alone but rather
to the world,’ a notion I accept as my own.

Patricia has worked and experimented within a myriad of art forms including
graphic design, furniture design, sculpture, ceramics, illustration & painting
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Arts & Humanitas eV., Hamburg, Germany
2014 Orange Gallery, Jalon, Spain
2013 Temps, Benissa, Spain
2011 Centro de Cultura, Benissa, Spain
2010 Atelier Piana, Calpe, Spain
2008 Open Studio, Benissa, Spain
2008 Mas la Pau, Lliber, Spain
2008 SEU Universidad Alicante, Benissa, Spain
2007 Temps, Benissa, Spain
Group Exhibitions
2017 Sea Art(e), GAB, Calpe, Spain
2017 Amelia Island juried outdoor exhibition, Florida USA
2016 Galeria La Quimera, Calpe, Spain
2016 Amelia Island juried outdoor exhibition, Florida USA
2015 The Art of Sound, GAB, Taller d'Ivars Benissa, Spain
2015 Amelia Island juried outdoor exhibition, Florida USA
2014 Art al Ras, GAB, Benissa, Spain
2014 Arte Pequeno/ Grande, GAB Taller d'Ivars, Benissa Spain
2013 Metamorfosis, GAB, SEU Uni-Alicante Benissa, Spain
2012 ´al Marge´ Espai, Jávea, Spain
2003 All About Art, San Diego CA. USA
Awards
2017 3rd place Island Art Assoc. Outdoor Festival, Amelia IS FL USA
2016 jury selection, Island Art Assoc. Outdoor Festival, Amelia IS FL USA
2015 jury selection, Island Art Assoc. Outdoor Festival, Amelia IS FL USA
Paintings are in private collections throughout Europe, North America & Singapore